I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
AL SHARPTONWe need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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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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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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