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"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. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."
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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."
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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."
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"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."
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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."
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"This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing."
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"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it."
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"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."
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"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."
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"Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand."
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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."
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"We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution."
Government
"I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes."
Politics
"The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer."
Politics
"I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining."
Optimism
"National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country."
Action
"I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything."
Body
"The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption."
Boxing
"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. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."
Argument
"My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order."
Politics
"During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians."
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