I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
AL SHARPTONWe may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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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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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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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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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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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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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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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.
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