David Dinkins Quotes & Sayings
27 most famous David Dinkins quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 97 year old American politician born on Jul 10, 1927.
“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 passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.”
“I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.”
“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 a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.”
“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 bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages.”
“But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.”
“I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.”
“My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.”
“Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.”
“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 so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.”
“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 him and his immediate predecessor.”
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