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Top 25 David Dinkins Quotes (2025 Update)

David Dinkins Quote: “The people really are what make New York City great.”

1. “The people really are what make New York City great.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.”

2. “As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “I haven’t committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.”

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

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David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

4. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.”

5. “And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.”

6. “There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I’m very fortunate.”

7. “Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I’m very fortunate.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.”

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

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

10. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “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 nice and I love students, but the most fun of all are the real little ones, the young ones.”

11. “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 nice and I love students, but the most fun of all are the real little ones, the young ones.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

12. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

13. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “And I tell people I’m in charge of children, children I haven’t even met yet.”

14. “And I tell people I’m in charge of children, children I haven’t even met yet.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

15. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.”

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

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

17. “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

David Dinkins Quote: “I finished law school in ’56, but I was working two jobs.”

18. “I finished law school in ’56, but I was working two jobs.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.”

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

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David Dinkins Quote: “I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.”

20. “I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.”

21. “But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.”

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David Dinkins Quote: “But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.”

22. “But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “You can’t twist Al Sharpton’s arm.”

23. “You can’t twist Al Sharpton’s arm.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.”

24. “Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.”

— David Dinkins

David Dinkins Quote: “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.”

25. “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

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