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.
AL SHARPTONThere 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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I 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.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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