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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.

Al Sharpton

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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Architecture Before Built Ever Got Knew Mathematics Over Philosophy Pyramind Taught
I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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Area Dramatical Feel President Remember Something Think Urban Yesterday
You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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Adress Criminal Justice Oppression Relate Vote Yesterday
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
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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Better Brutal Cincinnati Continual Dignity Economic Person Police Problem Ride Say Shame Walk
It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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Forgot Grant Ignore King Simply Some Vision
I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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Boycott Effective Seen Work
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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Activism Dealer Drug Involve Level Ministry Order Responsible Social Some Think
And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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Aside Bring City Comunity Crisis Hard National Sweat Work
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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Brown Connect Justice Kill Name Police Pursuit Reprehensive Violence
We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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Black Chance Give Leader Made Second Way Will
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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Age Dress People President Sure
There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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Black March Problem Solve Still
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Born Deficit Spend Understand
I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Done Haven Sitcom Thing

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