“Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.” LittlesBlackPresidentWhiteFolksUpset Author:Paul Mooney
“The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.” ComedyKingsCopycats Author:Paul Mooney
“Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.” IfsRunningBlackPresidentLosesMouthsVoteClintonVicesVice PresidentPalin Author:Paul Mooney
“You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, because I know my mother is a nun, she's not a prostitute.” IfsKnowsMotherWho You AreCome UpBotherNun Author:Paul Mooney
“People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.” PeopleIfsThinkingTurnsCrazyWorship Author:Paul Mooney
“When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.” RaceTakenSawsStageJail Author:Paul Mooney
“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.” DemocracyVoteEmpoweringRight To Vote Author:Michelle Bachelet
“Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” FormSufferingEvilPoliticsEconomyMankindLiberalismDeclarationAccustomedResignationForms Of GovernmentAbolishDeclaration Of IndependenceUnalienable RightsResigning Author:Thomas Jefferson