Charles Evers Quotes

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.

So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.

The main thing I believe in is freedom.

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.

I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

This is a racist country.

I'm for economic independence.

I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.

Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.

I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.

I'm for prayer in schools.

The Republican Party does not reach out.

I don't believe in welfare.

I'm against abortion.

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.

I'm a Republican, by the way.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.