Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
AL SHARPTONThe job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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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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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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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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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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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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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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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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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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