I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that.

Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.

America is the only country in the world that classifies as Negro any person who has one drop of African blood in his or her veins.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party.

To stand still is to regress.

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.