John Lewis is an icon in our society.
AL SHARPTONIt seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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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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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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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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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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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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