I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
AL SHARPTONOn Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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 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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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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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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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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 you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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