John Lewis is an icon in our society.
AL SHARPTONOne of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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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.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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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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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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