Occupation: American Politician Birth: May 6, 1888 Death: January 15, 1981
I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration..
The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself..
If 6,000,000 cattle had been slaughtered, there would have been more interest. A way would have been found..
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..
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 wit….
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 diffe….
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States..
We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances amo….
The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me..
Communism which feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls shall not take root in the United States..
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 theo….
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 ….
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 o….
We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all i….
The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them..
The study of music was a family interest..
Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness..
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men..
As we have seen so clearly demonstrated in Europe, hate breeds hate and the vicious circle revolves with all its attending madness..
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 t….
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..