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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

Al Sharpton

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
People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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Campaign During Fearful Follow Heard Nervous People Promise Wonder
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Born Deficit Spend Understand
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
A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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Certainly Executive Happen Make Need People Picture President Special Vote
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
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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Action Bring Program Time Volume
If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Back Black Country Loss Media Publicize Shot Trick Youth
Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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Family Life Subway Value Young
I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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Area Dramatical Feel President Remember Something Think Urban Yesterday
Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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Attorney City Current Decent Different Like Next Person Strike Tone
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
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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Baltimore Department Engage Law Pattern Police Practice Right
They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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Adultery Constitution Gay Sin Tired
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
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.
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Broke Gangster Home Hoodlum President Run States United
Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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Comment Cover Life Loss More Praise Trick
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
Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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Cat Democrat Herd Organize
We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Anything Country Owe Us
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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Anything Body High Mean President School Student Vice Won
You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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Adress Criminal Justice Oppression Relate Vote Yesterday
I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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Almost Black Go Grew Holiday
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
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
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

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

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