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" Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished. "

David Dinkins

I Am

History

Hope

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Arm

You

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" We have not always agreed, but I have said repeatedly and publicly many times that Al Sharpton has never counseled violence, but he gets blamed for a whole lot of that. "

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Never

Said

" I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs. "

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" In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. "

" Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated. "

" I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club. "

" But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown. "

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Brown

Dismissed

" So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare. "