I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes of my life, that politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. If we don't like how we live
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It's not worthy of an apology, ... Listen -- we've got to stop being too picky about this stuff. There is an understanding, by the way, that phrase has a history to it and is not comfortable, but there was no intent here, no animus whatsoever. I encourage everybody to forget it.
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I am still amazed today at how much we influenced America with lighting the candle here in Atlanta on affirmative action.
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You've got to change attitudes about investing in black neighborhoods, ... It's beginning to catch on.
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