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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.

Al Sharpton

A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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Civil Elect Escalate Icon President Right War
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
AL SHARPTON

Care Constitution Grandma Health Rifle Right
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
The 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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Baltimore Department Engage Law Pattern Police Practice Right
I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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Boycott Effective Seen Work
People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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Age Dress People President Sure
We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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Architecture Before Built Ever Got Knew Mathematics Over Philosophy Pyramind Taught
Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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Absurd Adultery Break Constitution Marriage Responsible
We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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Black Chance Give Leader Made Second Way Will
We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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Believe Change Constitution Country Down Fundamental Need Real
I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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Based Case People Runmthink Situation Support
What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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Comfortable Community Discomfort Effective Help Load Opinion Oppress Profess Try
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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America Black Stories
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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Appear Back Begin Believe Cautious Made Place Progress Roll Thing
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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Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
You deal with their balance over the long run.
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Balance Deal Long Over Run

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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