You hear entertainers all the time, saying, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for this, I’d do it for free.’ When’s the last time you ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free?’
DICK GREGORYMy belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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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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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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