My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONWe need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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