We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
AL SHARPTONIf you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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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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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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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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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 first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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