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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

Al Sharpton

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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Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Anything Country Owe Us
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Age Better Die Nothing Old Purpose Something
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
The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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Balance Chamber Confirmation Enough Legislative Pushback Senate Unfortunate
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
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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Came Consent Decree Everbody Happen Side Tension Think Understood
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
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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Activist Anything Done Known Preach Way
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Commit Much Resist
It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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City Department Difficult Justice People Police State Sue System Time
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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Action Affiliate Around Chapter City Country Found Group National Network
You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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People Problem Solution Talk
I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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Before Believe Caution Concern Grassroot Initial Level Like Organize Seen
You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Anything Today
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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