"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."

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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."

Explore more quotes by Emanuel Celler

"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."

Equality, Laws, Practice, Theories

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

Freedom, Germany, States, United

"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."

Heritage, States, United

"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."

Purpose, Committee, Majority

"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."

Power, Growth, Civilrights

"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."

Politics, Climate, Congress, Emotion

"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."

Ambition,

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

Man, Men, Aggression, Communism, Hatred

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

Population,

"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'."

Food, Music, Books, Neighbors

Exlpore more Government quotes

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Men, Christianity, Giving, Man

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Man

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Family, Tax, Income, Taxes

"What Washington needs is adult supervision."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Needs, Washington

"It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Business, Change, Time

"'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Government, Education, Mind

"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Time, Evil, Trying

"I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Debt, Office, Waiting

"We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Money, Reform, Will

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Fanatics, Oppression