My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
AL SHARPTONIf a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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