Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
DICK GREGORYDid you know that in New Orleans they still have brown bag parties? What’s that, you ask? You and I go to a party, and when we get to the door, there’s a brown bag hanging down from the ceiling, and if our skin is darker than the brown bag, we can’t go in.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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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 never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we were in Mississippi.
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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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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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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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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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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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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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 learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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