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Al Sharpton Inspirational Quotes (118)

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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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 was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
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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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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.
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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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How do you make things fair?
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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