The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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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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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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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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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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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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 won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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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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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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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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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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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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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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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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