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 GREGORYYou hear entertainers all the time, saying, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for this, I’d do it for free.’ When’s the last time you ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free?’
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.
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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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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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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’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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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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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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