If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
DICK GREGORYI never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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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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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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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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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
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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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I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
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In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
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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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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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