We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
DICK GREGORYI’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet.
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No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.
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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp – just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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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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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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