The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
AL SHARPTONSo we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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 love theology and some philosophy.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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