David Dinkins Quotes

United States, Politician
July 10, 1927 – November, 23, 2020.

David Norman Dinkins was 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.

Also known as Lawyer, Author

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

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

David Dinkins
- Mother
- Father

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

David Dinkins
You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

David Dinkins