When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
AL SHARPTON
AL SHARPTON
Al Sharpton on boycott
Al Sharpton161 quotes“When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.”
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Al SharptonAl Sharpton I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton 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.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances.
John BergerJohn Berger A tactic which allows people, as distinct from their elected but often craven governments, to apply a certain pressure on those wielding power in what they, the boycotters, consider to be an unjust or immoral way.
John BergerJohn Berger I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.
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