John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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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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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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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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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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