I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
AL SHARPTONPeople in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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 grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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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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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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The 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.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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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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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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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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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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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`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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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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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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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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