The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

- Charles Rangel

It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do.

- Charles Rangel

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

- Charles Rangel

I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was…

- Charles Rangel

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office b…

- Charles Rangel

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our s…

- Charles Rangel

This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - …

- Charles Rangel

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

- Charles Rangel

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

- Charles Rangel