In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.
Edward BrookeElection victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap the harvest.
Edward BrookeI deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that.
Edward BrookeI spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.
Edward Brooke