For a member to say, Im a lame duck violates political science 101. – Charles Rangel
If theres no relationship with a father whos absent, nobody talks about it. – Charles Rangel
Im just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me. – Charles Rangel
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. – Charles Rangel
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society. – Charles Rangel
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere. – Charles Rangel
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. – Charles Rangel
