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 GREGORYWhen 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.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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 wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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In 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.
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You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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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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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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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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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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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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