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Top 10 Douglas Wilder Quotes (2025 Update)

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.”

1. “Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.”

2. “Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “There will be those who will tell you that you can’t make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that – I almost listened.”

3. “There will be those who will tell you that you can’t make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that – I almost listened.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, ‘Dey this, dey dat.’ Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?”

4. “What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, ‘Dey this, dey dat.’ Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.”

5. “My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “You don’t ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.”

6. “You don’t ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can’t name a subject matter that money doesn’t touch.”

7. “In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can’t name a subject matter that money doesn’t touch.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “The first black president will be a politician who is black.”

8. “The first black president will be a politician who is black.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: ‘If I lay my hand on you, you’re OK.’ So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.”

9. “Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: ‘If I lay my hand on you, you’re OK.’ So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in Team of Rivals, he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious.”

10. “Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in Team of Rivals, he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban’s not our enemy.”

11. “Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban’s not our enemy.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.”

12. “Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008.”

13. “If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008.”

— Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder Quote: “During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders – including many prominent African-American politicians – believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.”

14. “During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders – including many prominent African-American politicians – believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.”

— Douglas Wilder

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