I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
AL SHARPTONWe need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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As 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.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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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.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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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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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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