I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
AL SHARPTONIt was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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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
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