Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
DICK GREGORYEducation means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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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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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices.
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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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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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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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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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