Charles B. Rangel quotes

Well, I really think that shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all. (Charles B. Rangel)
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. (Charles B. Rangel)
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Respecting our veterans includes providing them the ways and means they so desperately need to reintegrate into our lives and serve us again as productive members of our civilian community. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
I see a whole lot. I think, first of all, I think that the world knows that terrorism is not just the United States' problem. And I think that Bush has alienated every friend that we've made over the last 200 years with his arrogance and indifference. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that Kerry, all he has to do is to try to convince people that we've got to deal with the problems in the Middle East. And we just can't have them all down to Crawford Ranch and say everything is going great... It was Rumsfeld who said that we're creating more terrorists than we're killing. And we need a president to restore the honesty, the integrity that the United States of America has abroad. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. (Charles B. Rangel)
The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out. View quote
Charles B. Rangel
Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation. View quote
Charles B. Rangel