Emanuel Celler Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“The power to investigate is a great public trust.”

“The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.”

“We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all individual freedom.”