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.
AL SHARPTONI 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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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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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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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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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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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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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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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