White folks are the luckiest people: Finally a black president and he's a behaved one. Went to the best schools, best colleges, never raises his voice. I ran for president in 1968. I tell (audiences) if I won, I would have dug up the Rose Garden and planted watermelon!
Dick GregoryIn most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.
Dick GregoryWouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?
Dick GregoryI used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'
Dick Gregory