Dick Gregory

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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.

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

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

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

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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