Sammy Davis, Jr. : (3) " To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. " - Sammy Davis, Jr. " I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much. " - Sammy Davis, Jr. " Would it be better if I’d married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers? " - Sammy Davis, Jr.