I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
AL SHARPTONAs I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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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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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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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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People 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.
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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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How do you make things fair?
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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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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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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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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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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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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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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