I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
AL SHARPTONIf you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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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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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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