Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
AL SHARPTONPeople have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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 am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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 think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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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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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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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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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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