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

Al Sharpton

When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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Appointment Concern Figure Look Nation Represent Some Together
Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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Family Life Subway Value Young
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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Amendment Constitution Federal Give Giver Need Government Protect Vote
Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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Absurd Adultery Break Constitution Marriage Responsible
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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Care Constitution Grandma Health Rifle Right
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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Came Consent Decree Everbody Happen Side Tension Think Understood
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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City Country Crime Department Everywhere Go Police
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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Already Country Hell
It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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City Department Difficult Justice People Police State Sue System Time
Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Blatant Case Existence Less Many Racism Undeniable
You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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Heal Operation Out Patient Room
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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Acre After Commitment Emancipation Give Mute Proclamation Sign True
We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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Architecture Before Built Ever Got Knew Mathematics Over Philosophy Pyramind Taught
The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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Balance Chamber Confirmation Enough Legislative Pushback Senate Unfortunate
The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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Anyone Freak Iowa Month Stop Two
I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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Before Believe Caution Concern Grassroot Initial Level Like Organize Seen
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
I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Children Disagree Hate Homophobia Name People
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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Back Catapult Evangelical House White
I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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Almost Black Go Grew Holiday
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
This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Conscience Nation Party Wrong
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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Become Community Country Individual Must Represent Staes United
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
I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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Ambulance Ask Come Fought More People Project Run
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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Anyone Baptist Couple Else Gay Imoose Minister Right View
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Denounce Interpol White Wrong

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