41 Quotes by Emanuel Celler

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?

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

People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another.

The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.

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

We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo.

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

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.

Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.