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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

Al Sharpton

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
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Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.
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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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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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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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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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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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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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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