Al Sharpton Quotes, Dad Quotes, Challenges Quotes

My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.

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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.

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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

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

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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, 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. 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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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.

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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.

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I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.

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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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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.

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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.

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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.

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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.

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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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