Quotes by David Dinkins

About David Dinkins:

David Norman Dinkins is 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.
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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

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

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 ...

David Dinkins

The people really are what make New York City great.

David Dinkins

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

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

David Dinkins

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

David Dinkins

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

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.

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

David Dinkins

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

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

David Dinkins

And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.

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

David Dinkins

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

David Dinkins

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

David Dinkins

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

David Dinkins

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

David Dinkins

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

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

David Dinkins

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Dinkins
  • Descriptionformer mayor of New York City
  • BornJuly 10, 1927
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician