35 Quotes by Emanuel Cleaver

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs.

We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

We can be fervent in our disagreements without being factitious with our beliefs.

First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some racists in the Methodist church. I don't know if there's a body that does not have some racists in it.

We have Democrats saying dumb things every single day, and Republicans as well.

The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country.

Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them.