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 …

- David Dinkins

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 w…

- David Dinkins

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, …

- David Dinkins

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 …

- David Dinkins

. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and …

- David Dinkins

The people really are what make New York City great.

- David Dinkins

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…

- David Dinkins

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 lov…

- 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 …

- David Dinkins