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 SHARPTONAnd we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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