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.
AL SHARPTONI’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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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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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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