Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise,… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
Race relations can be an appropriate issue... but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use the issue… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of difference between… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
