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.
AL SHARPTONI think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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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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How do you make things fair?
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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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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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