If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
DICK GREGORYOne of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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?’
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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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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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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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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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 I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.
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