All David Dinkins Quotes
- I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. Committed
- I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs. Children
- And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation. Amadou
- Race relations can be an appropriate issue... but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use the issue appropriately,… Appropriate
- And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet. Charge
- As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then. Fact
- But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown. Brown
- But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike. Alike
- Children are amazing, and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale, and of course I teach at Columbia, NYU, and that's… All
- I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs. Finished
- I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And… All
- I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there. Fall
- In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. American
- 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, a… Almost Considered
- My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people. Came
- Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time… Accomplished
- You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm. Al
- We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not… Ahead
- So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's… Assist
- Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a… Advantage
- The people really are what make New York City great. Cities
- Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate. Fortunate
- Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated. Father
- The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be… All
- There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do. Badillo