Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
AL SHARPTONThough racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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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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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.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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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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.
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