David Dinkins
David Dinkins
David Norman Dinkinsis an American politician who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993. He was the first and, to date, only African American to hold that office...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1927
CityTrenton, NJ
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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.
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I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential and that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for them.
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You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.
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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, we can transform it from the cancer of our society into the cure.
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I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
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Well, I have not been a participant nor a witness of Mayor Bloomberg in press conferences. I really can't intelligently comment on that.
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We're clear on one thing, ... I support Freddy Ferrer.
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criticize the incumbent, who I consider a friend.
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And we arrived there on Friday morning, went first to an AIDS hospital. That's always a very good thing to do. I'm particularly interested in that.
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Ellis Island is for the people who came over on ships. My people came in chains.
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Ed Koch is an excellent example, but I'm not here to bash Ed either,
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This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.
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This election is not about friendship but about who can do the best job of leading New York and bringing together its diverse people,
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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, we can transform it from the cancer of our society into the cure.