White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONAnd 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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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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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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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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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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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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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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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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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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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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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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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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