It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
AL SHARPTONThey tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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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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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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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 first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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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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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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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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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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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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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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