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.
AL SHARPTONThis 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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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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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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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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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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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