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David Dinkins quotes: Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.

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

David Dinkins quotes: You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

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

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

David Dinkins quotes: The people really are what make New York City great.

The people really are what make New York City great.

David Dinkins quotes: I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

David Dinkins quotes: There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

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

David Dinkins quotes: But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.

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

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

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

David Dinkins quotes: And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

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

David Dinkins quotes: I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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