Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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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 don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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How do you make things fair?
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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