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
AL SHARPTONI’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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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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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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