We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
AL SHARPTONIf O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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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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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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