Quote by Dick Gregory
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right an

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago its a sport. – Dick Gregory

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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didnt think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. – Dick Gregory

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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. – Dick Gregory

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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

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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. – Alfred Adler

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A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. – Harry S. Truman

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War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin

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