We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
AL SHARPTONDuring my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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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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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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If 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.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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