I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
AL SHARPTONWe’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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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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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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 won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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