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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

Al Sharpton

I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Advance Appear Clearly Consent Express Right Session State Use
We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
AL SHARPTON

Black March Problem Solve Still
Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
AL SHARPTON

Bring Doorstep President Somebody Truth
Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
AL SHARPTON

Define Friend Politic Today Tomorrow
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

Anyone Baptist Couple Else Gay Imoose Minister Right View
We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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Acre Decide Donkey Far never Ride Take Way
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
AL SHARPTON

Come House Jew Over Pin Put Want Yarmulker
Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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Attorney City Current Decent Different Like Next Person Strike Tone
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
AL SHARPTON

Conscience Courageous Family Moral Nation Obligation Particular Stand
John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
AL SHARPTON

Attack Consider Legitimate President Said Trump
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
AL SHARPTON

Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Anything Country Owe Us
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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Country Flag Part Patriotism Understand Wave
How do you make things fair?
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Fair Make Thing
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.
AL SHARPTON

Absolute Advocate Believe City People Consent Decree Department Police Right Thing
James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Body Dance Long Someone Step Uncontrollably

What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.

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