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

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

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a...

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

How do you make things fair?

How do you make things fair?

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down...

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down...

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...

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used...

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used...

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...

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

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

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

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

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

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...