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

Quote by Al Sharpton

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

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

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around...

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around...

The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream...

The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream...

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not...

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not...

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war...

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war...

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

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

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our...

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our...

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you...

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you...

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.

Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods...

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods...

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

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

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted...

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted...

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when...

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when...

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked...

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked...

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead...

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead...

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time...

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time...

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

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

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I...

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I...