David Dinkins
David Dinkins
David Norman Dinkinsis 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...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1927
CityTrenton, NJ
hands arms als
You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.
stupid law people
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
candidates motivates particular
This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.
kids adults achieve
I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential and that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for them.
israel support black
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.
worry no-point
There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.
fall israel missiles
I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.
fun children real
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.
want being-the-best mayors
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.
children people mets
And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.
school law matter
As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.
brown court lawsuit
But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.
thinking lucky wells
Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.
matter facts foundation
And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.