We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
AL SHARPTONIt does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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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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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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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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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 won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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