In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
DICK GREGORYI never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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 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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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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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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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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You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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.
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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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