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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.

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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.

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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.

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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, 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. 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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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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I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.

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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas, and I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed, you and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.

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I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.

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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.

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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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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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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.

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I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

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Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

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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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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.

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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.

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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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