I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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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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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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