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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

Al Sharpton

If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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Cop Crime Gun Person Run Stand Store
The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Deter Icy Leader Other Rain Remind Silence
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
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’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
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
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Denounce Interpol White Wrong
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
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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Disagree Jury Make Question Racist Right Somebody
They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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Adultery Constitution Gay Sin Tired
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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Any Boycot Change Fact Historical Inconvenience Look Run Temporary Tempotray Think Time
I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Activist Anything Done Known Preach Way
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
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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Address Feel Fire Hold Issue Think Well
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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Aside Bring City Comunity Crisis Hard National Sweat Work

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