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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.

Al Sharpton

I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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Area Dramatical Feel President Remember Something Think Urban Yesterday
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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All Biography Fiction Kind People Philosophy Rarely Read
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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Age Baptist Christ Church God Later Minister Ordination
I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Believe Bunch Cloth Donkey Elephant Party Run
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Commit Much Resist
I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Children Disagree Hate Homophobia Name People
Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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Cat Democrat Herd Organize
A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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Disagree Jury Make Question Racist Right Somebody
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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Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
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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Before Capital Dream Inaugration Join King Nation People Protect Rain Saturday Thousand Weekend
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
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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First Foremost Obvious Oppose People President Segment Together
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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Country Everyone Order People President Provide Release
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
The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Deter Icy Leader Other Rain Remind Silence
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

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