David Dinkins People Quotations

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, a way to regroup and come back again.

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

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

The people really are what make New York City great.

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

Ellis Island is for the people who came over on ships. My people came in chains.