Charles Rangel famous quotes

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #Veterans Day #Sacrifice

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.
-- Charles Rangel

#Vietnam #Enough

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Office #People #Community

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

#Thinking #People #World

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Military #War #Men

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

#Growing #Today #Construction

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

#Want #Hell #Share

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #Thinking #Racism

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Rights #Justice #African American

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Mean #Our Veterans #Community

This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #Pursuit Of Happiness #Rights

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.
-- Charles Rangel

#Encouragement #Youth #Higher Education

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.
-- Charles Rangel

#Second Chance #Citizens #Rehabilitation

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

#Dream #Overcoming #Obstacles

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

#Dream #Opportunity #Promise

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Military #War #Support

Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #People #Growth

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

#Tired #Sick #Irs

As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
-- Charles Rangel

#War #Sacrifice #Men

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.
-- Charles Rangel

#War #Iraq #Priorities

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Jobs #The End Of The Day #Good Job

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

#Ducks #Political #Lame

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

#Quagmire #Fields #Killing

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

#New Orleans #People #Black

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Fighting #Epidemics #Justice

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.
-- Charles Rangel

#Hurricanes #Strikes #Harder

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Rumor #Want #Should

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Fighting #Army #Careers

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #Government #Citizenship

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#People #President #Aftermath

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#People #Environment #Week

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Past #Europe #Hemisphere

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Country #Integrity #Rights

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#New Orleans #Giving #Tragedy

A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
-- Charles Rangel

#War #Ignorance #Fighting

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Years #Decision #Today

From a high-tech point of view, an agriculture point of view, a goods-and-services point of view, a great deal of [committee Democrats] have no choice except to support allowing America access to these markets.
-- Charles Rangel

#Views #Agriculture #America

If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.
-- Charles Rangel

#Nice #Men #Long

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Differences #Numbers #Issues

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

#Voters

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

#Community #Friendly #Not Friends

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

#Aggravation #Haiti #Removal

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#Decision #Rehabilitation #May

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

#African American #Challenges #Slavery

I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.
-- Charles Rangel

#Kitchen #Walking

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.
-- Charles Rangel

#War #Cutting #America

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.
-- Charles Rangel

#United States #States #United

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

#September 11 #Hussein #Weapons

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

#Running #Matter #Election

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

#Campaigns #Records #Proud

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

#Community #Have Faith #Glad

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

#Father #Absent

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

#Cutting #Too Much #Spending

My father was absolutely no good.
-- Charles Rangel

#Father

I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.
-- Charles Rangel

#War #Cutting #Thinking