Quotes of Dick Gregory - somelinesforyou

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ 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. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Civil Rights: what black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Civil Rights: what black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ 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. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Civil Rights: what black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ 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. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ 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. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I wouldn't mind paying taxes — if I knew they were going to a friendly country. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ They have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it (the swastika symbol) up? So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racists thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair? ”

- Dick Gregory

“ If a man calls me a nigger, he is calling me something I am not. The nigger exists only in his own mind; therefore his mind is the nigger. I must feel sorry for such a man. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ 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. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ They up? ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ”

- Dick Gregory

“ I wouldn't mind paying taxes — if I knew they were going to a friendly country. ”

- Dick Gregory
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