I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
AL SHARPTONThe 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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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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 deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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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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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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It 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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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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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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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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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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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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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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