Quotes by Al Sharpton - Page 4

The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Cases
Election
Election Day
Eric
Ferguson
Horrific
Reminders
Garner
Island
Policing
Stark
Voices
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In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failure to hire minority contractors for highway construction projects. We went at dawn on a summer day with over a thousand people and performed acts of civil disobedience.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Failure
Civil Disobedience
Construction
Dawn
Disobedience
Luther
Projects
Summer
Thousand
Against
Acts
Louis
Civil
Highway
Hire
Over
Iii
Led
Martin Luther King
Minority
Performed
Protests
St. Louis
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We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Engaged
Injustice
Racism
Reform
Actively
Complain
Institutional
Policies
Prevent
Systemic
We Cannot
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Death
Dream
Kings
Rain
Weekend
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, "Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity, I'm willing to make some sacrifices." And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
Al Sharpton / Minister
People
Sacrifice
Thinking
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Either we need to redefine what probable cause means and say that police are not subject to it, or we arrest officers right away just as we would with any other person accused of committing a crime. Either we write new laws or enforce existing ones; we cannot have it both ways.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Accused
Crime
Officers
Police
Arrest
Both Ways
Committing
Enforce
Existing
Probable
Redefine
Right Away
Subject
We Cannot
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When the culture of police departments is sometimes infused with bias or preconceived ideas against certain groups, there needs to be reform and retraining throughout. And unfortunately, we cannot rely on local departments to police themselves; we need intervention from the top.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Bias
Groups
Intervention
Police
Reform
Rely
Departments
Unfortunately
Preconceived
We Cannot
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
Al Sharpton / Minister
People
President
Together
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When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Committees
Ferguson
Importance
Missouri
Senate
Tragic
Board
Represent
Michael
Elect
Michael Brown
Reminded
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The United States isn't a dictatorship ruling with a brutal army and an iron fist, so our police departments must understand that they are there to serve and protect us - all of us. And when they do commit crimes, they must be arrested and prosecuted like anyone else, bottom line.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Army
Bottom
Bottom Line
Brutal
Commit
Dictatorship
Iron
Police
Ruling
Anyone Else
Crimes
Departments
Fist
Prosecuted
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Dad
Challenges
President
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When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Civil Rights
Immense
Sacrifice
Battles
Civil
Easily
Discuss
Won
Fought
Movements
None
Terms
Sustained
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district. The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Community
Kind
Offensive
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The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on Civil Rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Attorney
Civil Rights
Critical
Diligence
Disappointed
Eric
Pride
Resignation
Time Best History
Attorney General
Best Time History
Civil
Holder
Leaves
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In Ferguson, there are witnesses who say Brown had his hands up when he was shot. That should be enough probable cause to go to trial to then determine if Officer Wilson is guilty or not. It is at trial that he can then defend himself and his attorneys can present their own witnesses and their own defense.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Defense
Determine
Ferguson
Guilty
Wilson
Attorneys
Defend
Officer
Probable
Trial
Witnesses
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If companies can refuse to provide coverage for women, what other objections to the Affordable Care Act will we see based on 'religious grounds'? For that matter, will 'religious freedom' be used as an excuse to discriminate against other minorities and disenfranchised groups across the board? Where will it end?
Al Sharpton / Minister
Affordable
Affordable Care Act
Care
Coverage
Excuse
Minorities
Objections
Refuse
Religious
Religious Freedom
Against
Across
Based
Board
Companies
Discriminate
Grounds
Provide
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Demonstrations must be dignified and nonviolent, as the overwhelming protests in Ferguson and Staten Island have been. Do not confuse anarchists who don't want the system to work and thugs who want to exploit a situation with the majority who from day one have operated with impeccable nonviolence and clear goals.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Anarchist
Clear
Ferguson
Impeccable
Majority
Nonviolence
Overwhelming
Situation
Confuse
Day One
Demonstrations
Dignified
Exploit
Work Goals Day
Island
Operated
Protests
Thugs
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Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace from volatile parts of the world. And nations everywhere thrive and prosper from the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants - including right here in the U.S.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Desperate
Immigrants
Immigration Laws
Including
Nations
Recurring
Theme
Thrive
Everywhere
Peace World People
Contributions
Countries
Dealing
Methods
Parts
Prosper
Searching
Volatile
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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 / Minister
Dream
Opportunity
Should Have
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I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble. Surrounded by poor schools, lack of resources, high unemployment rates, poverty, gangs and more, I watched as many of my peers fell victim to a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities and imprisonment.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Brooklyn
Growing Up
Imprisonment
Peers
Poor
Poverty
Resources
Trouble
Unemployment
Vicious
Watched
Easily
Cycle
Diminished
Fell
Gangs
High Unemployment
Lack
Opportunities
Rates
Schools
Statistic
Surrounded
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There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Education
Happiness
Chance
Believe
Children
Cities
Giving
Groups
No Reason
Pursue
Quality Education
Reason
Rural Areas
Suburbs
Wealthy
Then
Why
Area
Those
Same
Cannot
Continue
Entire
Inner
Marginalize
Neighborhoods
Opportunities
Receive
Rural
Truly
We Cannot
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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 / Minister
Order
People
President
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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 / Minister
Government
Believe
Rights
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When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. Almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into - not just Baltimore, but Chicago and Baltimore and New Orleans.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Country
Eight
Years
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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.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Mom
Brooklyn
Cleaning
Family Values
Mother
Rags
Raised
Single
Single Mother
Subway
Taught
Used
Life Family Mom
Life Family Food
Worker
Domestic
Floors
Her
Pocketbook
Rag
Ride
Scrub
She
Start
Table
Walked
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn't. Okay, 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.
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Believe
Doe
Racist
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has, and that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Believe
Hard Work
Mean
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I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I'm being effective, because I'm not trying to make them comfortable. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Jobs
Kings
Mean
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Running
Home
Children
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Acres
Commitment
Giving
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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?" The victim!
Al Sharpton / Minister
Running
Night
People
Virginia
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas, and I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed, you and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
Al Sharpton / Minister
Feet
Thinking
Yesterday
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
Al Sharpton / Minister
America
Fighting
Iraq
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