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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.

Al Sharpton

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.
AL SHARPTON

Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
AL SHARPTON

Acre Decide Donkey Far never Ride Take Way
I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
AL SHARPTON

Do Make Ought Respect Sacrifice Some Think Will
My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
AL SHARPTON

Activism Dealer Drug Involve Level Ministry Order Responsible Social Some Think
During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
AL SHARPTON

Campaign Christian High Presidential Time
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.
AL SHARPTON

Agreement Community Department Police Understand
I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
AL SHARPTON

Conference Discredit Press Prosecutor Victim
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
AL SHARPTON

Action Bring Program Time Volume
I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
AL SHARPTON

Ambulance Ask Come Fought More People Project Run
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
AL SHARPTON

All Biography Fiction Kind People Philosophy Rarely Read
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.
AL SHARPTON

Country Everyone Order People President Provide Release
If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
AL SHARPTON

Back Black Country Loss Media Publicize Shot Trick Youth
if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
AL SHARPTON

Beautiful Believe Everybody Kept Voting
I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
AL SHARPTON

Based Case People Runmthink Situation Support
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.
AL SHARPTON

Bad Children Giant Hope Midget Name Stand Village
President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
AL SHARPTON

Country President Tell Terror Attack Wake

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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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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