In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

Quote by Dick Gregory

Topics: Dick Gregory Quotes

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the...

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the...

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than...

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than...

Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can...

Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into...

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into...

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six...

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their...

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their...

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only...

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only...

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly...

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly...

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

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

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The...

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's...

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's...

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and...

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and...

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about...

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about...

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in...

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in...