Al Sharpton Quotes, Iowa Quotes, Dean Quotes

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.

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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.

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I think you don't support people based on one or two cases of situations. You deal with their balance over the long run.

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The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.

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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.

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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

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My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. 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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn't. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. 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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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.

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Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.

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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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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!

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When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. Almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into - not just Baltimore, but Chicago and Baltimore and New Orleans.

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

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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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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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