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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.

Dick Gregory

I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
DICK GREGORY

Home Myself People
There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
DICK GREGORY

Force God Live Willing Yourself
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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Black Deep Life Love Man Oppression Race Understand
If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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Myself Poor
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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Deep Education Home Learning Myself Shame
The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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Acceptance Difficult People Truth
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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Black Dance Law Sing Talk Writing
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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Angry Hell
Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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Children Oppression Race
It’s cool to be healthy.
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Health Instagram Captions One Liner
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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Dance Love War
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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Attachment Deep Loss Rich
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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Belief Explanation Myself
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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Eat Food Myself Oppression People Right Time
Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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Gratitude People Rich Thankful Worth
Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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