Dick Gregory

Quotes

I meet so many young folks who say, “If I got to go and die in a war at 18, I want the right to vote at 18.” Don’t be no damn fool. You got to die at 18, you better fight to get the right to vote at 17.

You're looking at something that is going to revolutionize the whole world.

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

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

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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