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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 not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.

Al Sharpton

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
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Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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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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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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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.
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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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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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We've got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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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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