We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
AL SHARPTONWe never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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