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.
AL SHARPTONPeople working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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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’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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How do you make things fair?
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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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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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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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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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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