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Al Sharpton

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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Disagree Jury Make Question Racist Right Somebody
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Cause Much Own Play Theatric Way
I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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Ambulance Ask Come Fought More People Project Run
We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Anything Country Owe Us
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Denounce Interpol White Wrong
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
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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Beautiful Believe Country March
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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Already Country Hell
Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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Country Culture Everybody Inferior Respect Rule Through Treat Welcome
America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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Better Place Country Make Participate
The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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Come Country Enter Fighting Immigration Our Policy Promise Seek Shore
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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Action Bring Program Time Volume
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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City Decrees Department Justice People Question Session Sued
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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Almost Beat Door Force Inch Life Terrible
I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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Choose Deal Leadership People Respond Think
Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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Certain Certainty Defend Denigrate Issue Just Some Yourself
That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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Crook Forefather Mean Nothing Proud
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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Before Capital Dream Inaugration Join King Nation People Protect Rain Saturday Thousand Weekend
People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Country Night People Picture Sit Talkie Walk
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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Bill Guy Kind Lead Polis Poll Rather Strike Whatever
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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Attack Consider Legitimate President Said Trump
I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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Based Case People Runmthink Situation Support
Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Define Friend Politic Today Tomorrow
Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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Ask Call Charge People Us Victim
So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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Back Better Blood Crack Father Hold Mean Mother Pocket Tell
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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Bring Challenge Constant Go Hear King People Something Spirit Together
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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Community Congressman District Diverse Happen Kind More Represent Thing Wonderful

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