Charles Rangel Quotes

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

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.

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.

It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do.

If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.

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.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

Well, I really think that shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

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.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.

My father was absolutely no good.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.

My president will boldly throw 1 million into poverty.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?

I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.

I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.

For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

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.

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

I am running for re-election no matter who runs.