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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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.
Al Sharpton
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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Some issues you just - you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
Al Sharpton
When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.
Al Sharpton
We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
Al Sharpton
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
Al Sharpton
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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We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.
Al Sharpton
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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Life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
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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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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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 need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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.
Al Sharpton
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
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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This is not about what party you're part of. This is about right and wrong, ... the conscience of this nation.
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