I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
AL SHARPTONThere 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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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 grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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 very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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