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 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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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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Makes you wonder. When I left St. Louis, I was making five dollars a night. Now I’m getting $5,000 a week — for saying the same things out loud I used to say under my breath.
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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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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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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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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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When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, ‘I’ve been gypped,’ or, ‘He welshed on the deal.’
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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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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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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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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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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