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Don't have a high school diploma? You're in my Cabinet. Why? For 200 years, a lot of Cabinets have existed in our government. Powerful men. Well-educated. So let's try something totally new.
Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 12
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
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What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?
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The United States is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet.
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Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.
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I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is most folk really don’t have choices.
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America has the mightiest military on the planet, and they didn't get there with entertainers.
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Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it up?
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