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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 we accomplished.

— David Dinkins hope

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

— David Dinkins crime

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 world

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

— David Dinkins

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

— David Dinkins law

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

— David Dinkins fall

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

— David Dinkins people

The people really are what make New York City great.

— David Dinkins people

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

— David Dinkins think

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 love

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 work

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 world

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 people

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 people

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

— David Dinkins people

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

— David Dinkins man

I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs.

— David Dinkins work

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 time

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 time

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

— David Dinkins school

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

— David Dinkins love

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

— David Dinkins america

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

— David Dinkins will

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

— David Dinkins art

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

— David Dinkins mother

Well, Im 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 hope

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