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

Quote by Al Sharpton

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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 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...

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

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

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...

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have...

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have...

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....

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

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

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities...

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities...

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...

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...

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...

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen...

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be...

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be...

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've seen too much in life to give up.

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