If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
DICK GREGORYThe most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
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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’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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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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If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.
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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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In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
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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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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First-class.
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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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It’s cool to be healthy.
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