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I've seen too much in life to give up.

Al Sharpton

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
Politician
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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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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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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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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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he's seeing a crime. He's not seeing a person standing.
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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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Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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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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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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I just released an op-ed in the Washington Post that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card, a picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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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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Don't talk to us like we ignint!
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You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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