It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
AL SHARPTONThere are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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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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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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