We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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More Al Sharpton Quotes
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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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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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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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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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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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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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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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.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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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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 wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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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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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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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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