Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
AL SHARPTONI’ve seen too much in life to give up.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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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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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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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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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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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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