Were in the post-Obama generation. So, we have already seen a black president, weve already seen a black first family. Now, we want to know what it is going to mean. Symbolism is not enough now. Its substance ... And if there is no substance then weve gotten over the aura of the first.

Al Sharpton

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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.

Al Sharpton

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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

Al Sharpton

prosecutor conferences victim

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

Al Sharpton

never-quit shining sun

If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.

Al Sharpton

pins house want

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

Al Sharpton

crow defeated son

So (if) 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.

Al Sharpton

mother mean father

But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.

Al Sharpton

committed

America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.

Al Sharpton

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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.

Al Sharpton

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As a Baptist minister, I don't have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way

Al Sharpton

gay couple views

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

Al Sharpton

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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.

Al Sharpton

hell israel

There are white nggers. I've seen a lot of white nggers in my time.

Al Sharpton

my-time democrat white

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.

Al Sharpton

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

Al Sharpton

politics tomorrow today

We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.

Al Sharpton

real country needs

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

Al Sharpton

drs vision kings

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

rags mom mother

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

Al Sharpton

giving-up too-much giving

Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.

Al Sharpton

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