The movie Selma is a story about the American Civil Rights movement that totally worked and now everything is fine.
Jan 12, 2015
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[We remember] Martin Luther King as an idea, Selma as an idea…what can happen with strategy, with discipline, and with love.
Jan 18, 2015
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If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments -- but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.
Jan 20, 2015
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We forget these are criminals they're out there apprehending. [Mayor] De Blasio's out there on the front lines defending these criminals. But the people who are defending his own family, he's not out here for. And I find it disgraceful…As the leader of this city, he needs to show a little more support for the cops. They're the ones that are dying for us. Simple.
Dec 22, 2014
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Isn’t 007 supposed to [be] handsome? Glad you think I’ve got a shot!
Dec 27, 2014
The decision…to announce the [Ferguson] decision at 8:30 p.m. CT was foolish and dangerous. Here's the thing about that time of night: it's dark. Anyone – anyone! - should have known the decision in the Brown case would have been controversial. A decision not to indict, which was always possible, even likely, would have been sure to attract protests, even violence. Crowd control is always more difficult in the dark.
Nov 25, 2014