Al Sharpton Quotes

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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 -…
• We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.
• White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ...…
• As a Baptist minister, I don't have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry,…
• But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.
• We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.
• 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…
• What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
• I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and…
• I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
• If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
• During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
• There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
• I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with…
• Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
• I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
• I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
• 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…
• How do you make things fair?
• It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.

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