We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
AL SHARPTONI think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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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 think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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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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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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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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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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