But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
AL SHARPTONThe congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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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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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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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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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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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 have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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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 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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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