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 GREGORYHell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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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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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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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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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, she would stomp you to death.
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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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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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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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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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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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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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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