We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
AL SHARPTONThe Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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