They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
AL SHARPTONThey tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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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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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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