David Dinkins Quotes

• You can’t twist Al Sharpton’s arm.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Twist

• 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.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in History

  Tags in Time, Hope

• Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Father, Mother

• Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I’m very fortunate.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fortunate, Lucky

• We have not always agreed, but I have said repeatedly and publicly many times that Al Sharpton has never counseled violence, but he gets blamed for a whole lot of that.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Violence

• 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 a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Government

• 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 way to regroup and come back again.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Business

• This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That’s what motivates me.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Candidate

• There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Worrying

• The people really are what make New York City great.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Great

• 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 happy that we are what we are.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Happy

• 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.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Cultural

• 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.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Money

  Tags in People, Poor

• My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Mother

  Tags in Cooking

• In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Committee

• 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.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Confident

• I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Falling

• 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.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Job, Work

  Tags in School

• I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Children, Love

  Tags in Involvement

• I haven’t committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

  David Dinkins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crime

David Dinkins (27)

Birth:	10th July, 1927
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

David Norman Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He is an American politician who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993. Before entering politics, he served in the US Marine Corps, graduated cum laude from Howard University with a degree in mathematics and received a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Tennis Association, and a member of The Jazz Foundation of America.

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