We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
AL SHARPTONI’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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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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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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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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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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