The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
DICK GREGORYIf democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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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.
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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 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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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First-class.
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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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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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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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