Al Sharpton Quotes, Dream Quotes, Kings Quotes

On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 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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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, I'm willing to make some sacrifices." And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.

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My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.

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The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.

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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.

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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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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.

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I think you don't support people based on one or two cases of situations. You deal with their balance over the long run.

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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

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America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even though everyone might not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.

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Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.

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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.

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John Lewis is an icon in our society.

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I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia. 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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.

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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

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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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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.

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