We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
AL SHARPTONSo (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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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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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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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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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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