I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
AL SHARPTONSo 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.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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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 think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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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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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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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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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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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’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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