Even though he understood the depths of racism and black oppression, Ali lived his life as a free man—a free loving and lovable man.
DICK GREGORYIn America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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You 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?’
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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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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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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 wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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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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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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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete’s feet don’t exist, there’s something wrong.
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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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