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Al Sharpton Inspirational Quotes (118)

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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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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There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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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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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 always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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 got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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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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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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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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We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.
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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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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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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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Don't talk to us like we ignint!
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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