My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONThe Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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This 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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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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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 always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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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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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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