White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONI think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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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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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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