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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.

Al Sharpton

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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Action Affiliate Around Chapter City Country Found Group National Network
Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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Back Congress Democratic Fire Legitimate President
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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Conscience Courageous Family Moral Nation Obligation Particular Stand
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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Attorney City Current Decent Different Like Next Person Strike Tone
You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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People Problem Solution Talk
Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Define Friend Politic Today Tomorrow
James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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
The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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Balance Chamber Confirmation Enough Legislative Pushback Senate Unfortunate
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Activist Anything Done Known Preach Way
It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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