White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONI’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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 won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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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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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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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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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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