They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
AL SHARPTONBaltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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