The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

- Edward Brooke

America is the only country in the world that classifies as Negro any person who has one drop of African blood in his or her veins.

- Edward Brooke

My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.

- Edward Brooke

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.

- Edward Brooke

When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political ca…

- Edward Brooke

Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.

- Edward Brooke

Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.

- Edward Brooke

To stand still is to regress.

- Edward Brooke

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local…

- Edward Brooke