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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.

Al Sharpton

There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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Democrat Lot Seen Time White
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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First Foremost Obvious Oppose People President Segment Together
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
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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Become Community Country Individual Must Represent Staes United
How do you make things fair?
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Fair Make Thing
You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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Adress Criminal Justice Oppression Relate Vote Yesterday
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
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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Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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Acre After Commitment Emancipation Give Mute Proclamation Sign True
If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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Got Holler Hoot Lowa Money Percent Spent
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Age Better Die Nothing Old Purpose Something
When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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Appointment Concern Figure Look Nation Represent Some Together
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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Boycott Deal Effective Enough Everyone Need
I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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Country Everyone Order People President Provide Release
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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Bring Challenge Constant Go Hear King People Something Spirit Together
As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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Anyone Baptist Couple Else Gay Imoose Minister Right View
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Challenge Challenges Dad President
I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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Boycott Effective Seen Work
President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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Country President Tell Terror Attack Wake
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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Concern Except Express Fact Say Session
Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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Another Confront Era King Place Principles Generation Took Universal
Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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Country Down Embark Just Road
The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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Assumption Democratic Frenzy Party People
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
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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