Dick Gregory Quotes about School

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

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

Hate, Home, School

Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte (1990). “Nigger”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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 Gregory

School, College, Garden

Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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

Powerful, School, Men

"Talking to Dick Gregory: Comedy, Selma and Cosby". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.chicagotribune.com. April 10, 2015.