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.
AL SHARPTONPresident Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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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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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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