Emanuel Celler Quotes

• Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.

  Emanuel Celler

  Political, Lawlessness, Problem

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Equality, Hands, Law

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Girl, Grandmother, Catholic

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• If 6,000,000 cattle had been slaughtered, there would have been more interest. A way would have been found.

  Emanuel Celler

  Holocaust, Way, Found

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• The power to investigate is a great public trust.

  Emanuel Celler

  Public Trust

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• As we have seen so clearly demonstrated in Europe, hate breeds hate and the vicious circle revolves with all its attending madness.

  Emanuel Celler

  Hate, Europe, Circles

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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

  Emanuel Celler

  Party, Hymns, People

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Taken, Color, Rose

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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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'.

  Emanuel Celler

  Book, Home, House

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.

  Emanuel Celler

  Immigration, Unjust, Restriction

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Rights, Monopoly Power, Growth

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust.

  Emanuel Celler

  Years, Betrayed, Way

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Government, Color, White

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• The study of music was a family interest.

  Emanuel Celler

  Study, Interest

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

  Emanuel Celler

  Pace, Irritated, My Family

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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

  Emanuel Celler

  Depression, Being Different, Panic

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• I became the head of the household. I went to school in the morning and sold wines all afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening.

  Emanuel Celler

  Morning, Wine, School

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Heart, Men, Honest

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances among the chickens.

  Emanuel Celler

  Elephants, Competition, Politics

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Travel, Philosophy, Inspiration

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Pregnancy, Russia, United States

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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

  Emanuel Celler

  Usa, Political, Grandfather

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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?

  Emanuel Celler

  Father, Wine, School

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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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Ambition, Sight, Smell

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

  Emanuel Celler

  Usa, Growth, United States

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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