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 Read 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. David Dinkins Read Quote
My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people. David Dinkins Read Quote
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. David Dinkins Read Quote
And I tell people I’m in charge of children, children I haven’t even met yet. David Dinkins Read Quote
I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs. David Dinkins Read Quote
And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation. David Dinkins Read Quote