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Al Sharpton
October 3, 1954 -
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

   

I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.

   

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

   

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.

   

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

   

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

   

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.

   

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

   

Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.

   

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

   

If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are.

   

The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer.

   

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.

   

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

   

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

   

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.

   

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

   

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

   

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.

   

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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