Charles B. Rangel Quotes

Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered at 'The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,' a call to justice beyond the traditional civil rights movement's focus.

• Dream
• Freedom
• Focus

As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.

• Why
• War
• Nature

The U.S. Congress can do a lot to support America's workplaces and the family. By working together in a bipartisan fashion, we can ensure our constituents get jobs they need while helping employers make smart decisions about their workforce.

• Family
• America
• Together

We all want a simpler code, but tax reform is about much more. It is about ensuring that everyone pays their fair share. The tax code is also used to promote behavior that we as a nation support, such as home ownership or charitable contributions.

• Home
• Support

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

The world has placed chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in a separate category because their use constitutes a crime against all humanity.

• World
• Humanity

We don't windsurf in Harlem.

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

• People
• World

I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.

• Life
• Remember
• March

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

We can't have Harlem become one borough for the rich.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

• Father
• Relationship

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.

• Democracy

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

• Country
• Society

I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.

• Walking
• Kitchen

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

• September

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

• American
• Dream
• Opportunity

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

No one should go into debt if a family member gets sick or injured.

• Family
• Sick

Since the Korean War, U.S. and South Korea have established an enduring friendship with shared interests, such as denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, combating aggression abroad and developing our economies.

• War
• Friendship

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to assert its authority when presidents decide to send American soldiers into harm's way.

• American
• War
• Support

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

• Today
• Slavery