I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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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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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.
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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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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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One 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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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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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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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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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How do you make things fair?
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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