I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
DICK GREGORYRiches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.
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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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