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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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" 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. "

" The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. "

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" The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself. "

" 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. "

" Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population. "

" 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? "

" The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them. "

" The power to investigate is a great public trust. "

" It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens. "

" 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. "

" Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness. "

" The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me. "

" 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'. "

" 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. "

" The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. "

" 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. "

" I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration. "

" The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States. "

" My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The study of music was a family interest. "

" 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. "