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Al Sharpton

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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Forgot Grant Ignore King Simply Some Vision
I love theology and some philosophy.
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Love Philosophy Some Theology
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Born Deficit Spend Understand
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
Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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Commitment King Passive Person Resistance
We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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Black March Problem Solve Still
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
Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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Ask Call Charge People Us Victim
Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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Another Confront Era King Place Principles Generation Took Universal
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Age Better Die Nothing Old Purpose Something
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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Community District Go Kind Nothing Offensive Thing Vast
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
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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Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
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
It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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Better Brutal Cincinnati Continual Dignity Economic Person Police Problem Ride Say Shame Walk
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Challenge Challenges Dad President

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