Al Sharpton quotes

I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes. (Al Sharpton)
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department. View quote
Al Sharpton
I disagree with [Khalid Abdul] 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. View quote
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What's wrong with denouncing white interlopers? View quote
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody. View quote
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It's absurd. View quote
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I'm projected as an ambulance chaser, but I'm more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come.... I have never fought a case where they didn't ask me to come. People have this picture like I'm sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. "You hear anything? Oh, let's run! It's Virginia today!"... Every victim calls us.... "Who put Sharpton in charge?" View quote
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house. View quote
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Clearly, [President Bush] lied. Now if he is an unconscious liar, and doesn't realize when he's lying, then we're really in trouble. View quote
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When he said he was going to stop the march and called it a hate march, I think that was very provocative. The Mayor's statements have created a climate that could possibly lead to some kind of confrontation. View quote
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I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with. (Al Sharpton)
Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is that Jim Crow has sons. The one we've got to battle is James Crow Jr., Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished, but the results are the same. View quote
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I disagreed with the grand jury on [Tawana] Brawley. I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. The grand jury said there wasn't. OK, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn't. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I. View quote
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I have no problem with Khalid Abdul Muhammad. My problem is with Giuliani. It is not Khalid who is talking hate. It's Rudy Giuliani. View quote
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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house. View quote
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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. View quote
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire. View quote
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Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. View quote
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I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. View quote
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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. View quote
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin. (Al Sharpton)
I've seen too much in life to give up. View quote
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country. View quote
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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. View quote
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How do you make things fair? View quote
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