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" Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness. "
Emanuel Celler
Solve
Political
Never
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" The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them. "
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" I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition. "
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" We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo. "
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" I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. "
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" My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. "
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" The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself. "
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" On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples; on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn. "
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" I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress. "
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" Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population. "
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" The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics. "
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" The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. "
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" In our house we repeated the pattern of thousands of other homes. There were a few books and a lot of music. Our food and our furniture were no different from our neighbors'. "
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" My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. "
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" The power to investigate is a great public trust. "
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" People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another. "
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" The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. "
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" I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration. "
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" We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all individual freedom. "
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" Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. "
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" In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color. "
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Black
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" Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new. "
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Magic
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" The study of music was a family interest. "
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" My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school? "
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" The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear. "
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" Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States. "
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