Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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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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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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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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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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