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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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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