Charles B. Rangel Quotes

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

• World
• Humanity

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

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

• People
• World

We don't windsurf in Harlem.

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

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

• Walking
• Kitchen

Whether you are Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative, we should never, never, never allow ourselves emotionally to interfere with another person's right to express themselves.

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

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

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

I applaud President Obama for launching his 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative that is aimed to empower our youth to achieve success.

• Success
• Brother

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

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

• Family
• Sick

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

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

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

I am proud to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which has one of the largest and diverse populations in the country.

• Country
• Proud

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs.

• America
• War

As every American who has ever received a paycheck is aware, the amount of money earned and the amount actually brought home are not the same.

• Money
• Home
• American

Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over who fights them. I sincerely believe that reinstating the draft would compel the American public to have a stake in the wars we fight as a nation.

• Believe
• American
• Worry

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

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

• Today
• Slavery