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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.

Al Sharpton

It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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Appear Believe Department Front Hard Justice Mean Nor Police Reason Reform Work
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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Adopt Allies Befriend Create States Think United World
I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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Do Make Ought Respect Sacrifice Some Think Will
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
We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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Divide Forward Move
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
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 love theology and some philosophy.
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Love Philosophy Some Theology
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
John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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Icon Our People Society
I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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Country Everyone Order People President Provide Release
If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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Got Holler Hoot Lowa Money Percent Spent
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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Country Flag Part Patriotism Understand Wave
Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Define Friend Politic Today Tomorrow
We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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Appointment Continue Forward Look Monitor Some Thing
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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Acre After Commitment Emancipation Give Mute Proclamation Sign True
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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Governor Hard Holler Hoot Say Want Yourself
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
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
Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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Certain Certainty Defend Denigrate Issue Just Some Yourself
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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Attorney Constituency General Parent Particular Think Want Whosoever Yes
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
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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Crow Deal Defeat Esquire Son
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
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’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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Boycott Effective Seen Work
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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Come House Jew Over Pin Put Want Yarmulker

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