White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONWe`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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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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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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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