Al Sharpton Quotes, People Quotes, President Quotes

First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.

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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!

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I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.

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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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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.

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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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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.

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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.

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I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

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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 don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. 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. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.

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So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.

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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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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 need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.

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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.

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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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