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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.

Al Sharpton

I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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Appear Back Begin Believe Cautious Made Place Progress Roll Thing
I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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Choose Deal Leadership People Respond Think
Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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Another Confront Era King Place Principles Generation Took Universal
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
You deal with their balance over the long run.
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Balance Deal Long Over Run
Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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Ask Call Charge People Us Victim
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Cause Much Own Play Theatric Way
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
How do you make things fair?
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Fair Make Thing
Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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Administration Country President Right Thing
People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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Age Dress People President Sure
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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Comment Cover Life Loss More Praise Trick
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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Comfortable Community Discomfort Effective Help Load Opinion Oppress Profess Try
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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Before Community Country English Fight Language Look Preach Test
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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City Country Crime Department Everywhere Go Police

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