I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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