I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
DICK GREGORYWhen you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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It’s cool to be healthy.
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Just being a Negro doesn’t qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.
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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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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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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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