And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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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 think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” 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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