Al Sharpton Quotes

I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.

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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.

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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.

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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

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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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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district. The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.

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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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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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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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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.

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John Lewis is an icon in our society.

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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

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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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You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.

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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

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

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When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts. I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.

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