I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONThe assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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 need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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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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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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