The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
DICK GREGORYBeing white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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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 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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And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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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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It’s cool to be healthy.
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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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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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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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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