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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

Al Sharpton

Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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Comment Cover Life Loss More Praise Trick
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.
AL SHARPTON

Appointment Continue Forward Look Monitor Some Thing
I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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Before Believe Caution Concern Grassroot Initial Level Like Organize Seen
If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
AL SHARPTON

Accuse Black Kill Pasion Passion Stir Wife
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
AL SHARPTON

Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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Back Catapult Evangelical House White
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.
AL SHARPTON

Acre Decide Donkey Far never Ride Take Way
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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Conscience Courageous Family Moral Nation Obligation Particular Stand
It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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City Department Difficult Justice People Police State Sue System Time
I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
AL SHARPTON

Any Boycot Change Fact Historical Inconvenience Look Run Temporary Tempotray Think Time
I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
AL SHARPTON

Almost Black Go Grew Holiday
I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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Always Brought Instinct Wrestle
I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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Choose Deal Leadership People Respond Think
I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
AL SHARPTON

Believe Country Disagree Doe Enough Evidence Fine Grand Jury Racist Right Trail
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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Already Country Hell
Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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Commitment King Passive Person Resistance

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