So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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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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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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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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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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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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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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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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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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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 think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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