Al Sharpton quotes - page 2

Al Sharpton is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and television/radio talk show host. A prominent figure in the fight against racial injustice, he has led numerous protests and founded the National Action Network. He continues to be a vocal advocate for social justice and equality. Here are 73 of his quotes:

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up. (Al Sharpton)
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution. View quote
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I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known. View quote
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country. View quote
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House. View quote
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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. View quote
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. View quote
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care? View quote
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause. View quote
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I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word. View quote
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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)
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today. View quote
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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. View quote
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Now that they have achieved the capture of Hussein, they should appeal to the UN to come in with a multilateral redevelopment plan. This is all the more reason this war should come to an immediate end. View quote
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Mark Miller is my brother and I love him dearly. View quote
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We don't want to be manipulated by right-wing elitist billionaires or by left-wing guys that don't understand our life on the ground that is living in fear of crime, that is living as a result of inflation that is killing us in many parts of the country. We need gas to go to work. View quote
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Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden. View quote
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Tawana Brawley told her story many months before I got involved-and many others got involved, Bill Cosby, and many others, who have never refuted the story. I don't refute it now. I believe ... something happened to Tawana Brawley.... There is a problem in this country, that a lot of people don't believe women. A lot of people don't believe young women. I took the risk, as I have in most of the civil rights cases I have fought, to stand up for the victim. In this particular case, a jury did not believe her. View quote
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There is a systemic and methodical strategy to eliminate our people from doing business off 125th Street. I want to make it clear ... that we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business. View quote
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump even knew what architecture was. We taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it...Do some cracker come and tell you, ‘Well my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing to be proud of, that means their forefathers was crooks. View quote
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Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him. (Al Sharpton)
We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality. View quote
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Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era. View quote
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Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. View quote
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything. View quote
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Al Sharpton

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Occupation: American Activist
Born: October 3, 1954
Quotes count: 73
Wikipedia: Al Sharpton

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