179 Quotes by Dick Gregory

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    No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.

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    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.

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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 waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.

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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 mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

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

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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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