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David Dinkins Biography

David Norman Dinkins (born July 10, 1927) is an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993. He was the first and, to date, the only African American to hold that office.

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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.

Administration, Judging, Passes, Thinking, Time

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

Fortunate, Lucky, Person, Think, Thinking, Wells

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

Charge, Children, Met, Mets, People, Tell

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

Finished, Jobs, Law, School, Working

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

Domestics, Grandmother, Mother, New York, People

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

Alike, Exactly, Make, Observation, Things

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

Comply, Crime, Funny, Law, Smart, Witty

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.

Children, Fun, Love, Places, Princeton, Real

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

Chairman, Facts, Foundation, Matter

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

Badillo, Bloomberg, No Point, Point, Worry, Worrying

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

Arm, Arms, Hands, Twist, Twists

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.

Bonds, Government, Guarantee, Guarantees, Paid, Ties

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

1975, Americans, Black, Blacks, Israel, Support

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

Children, Involvement, Love, Program, Programs, Youth

The people really are what make New York City great.

Cities, City, Make, New York, People

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

Against, Brown, Court, Courts, Lawsuit, Lawsuits

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

Father, Mother, Separated, Seven, Six

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.

Grateful, Help, Mistake, New York, York

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.

Art, Country, Happy, New York, York

Race relations can be an appropriate issue. . . but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use the issue appropriately, we can transform it from the cancer of our society into the cure.

Cancer, Catalogue, Complaints, Issues, Race, Relations

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