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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

~Jackie Robinson

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I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.

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In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.

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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.

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Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment.

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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

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I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.

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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.

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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: January 31st, 1919

Died: October 24th, 1972

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