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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.

Al Sharpton

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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Before Capital Dream Inaugration Join King Nation People Protect Rain Saturday Thousand Weekend
We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Anything Country Owe Us
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
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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Continue Fight Forward Go Move Think
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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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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Absolute Advocate Believe City People Consent Decree Department Police Right Thing
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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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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Always Brought Instinct Wrestle
We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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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
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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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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Love Philosophy Some Theology
John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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Attack Consider Legitimate President Said Trump
What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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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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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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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
We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.

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