People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
AL SHARPTONSome issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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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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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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