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Al Sharpton

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
I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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Patriot Sense Truest World
The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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Country Educate Education Government Obligation People Young
We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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Divide Forward Move
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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Care Constitution Grandma Health Rifle Right
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.
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Any Boycot Change Fact Historical Inconvenience Look Run Temporary Tempotray Think Time
White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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Build Empire Folk Philosophy Pyramid White
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
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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Black Chance Give Leader Made Second Way Will
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
I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Done Haven Sitcom Thing
Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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Balance Bet Black Country Like Many Nation Operate Show Talk Told
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
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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Already Country Hell
I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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Give Life Much Seen
Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Define Friend Politic Today Tomorrow
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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Democrat Lot Seen Time White
I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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Believe Country Disagree Doe Enough Evidence Fine Grand Jury Racist Right Trail
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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Back Catapult Evangelical House White
And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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Aside Bring City Comunity Crisis Hard National Sweat Work
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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Agreement Community Department Police Understand
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
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Commit Much Resist
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
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
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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Conscience Courageous Family Moral Nation Obligation Particular Stand

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