I do know how to treat people and that is treat them the way I want to be treated. So when I extend that respect and that consideration that I would …

- Ernie Chambers

I'm often at odds with my colleagues, but I've managed to get legislation passed which will not even be attempted in other states. Rather than use th…

- Ernie Chambers

I fell into politics by accident. It was not something I planned. It just happened because I'd done so much reading and work in the community, I was …

- Ernie Chambers

I will work hard to try to get rid of the death penalty. If I could do that, with all the other things I have not succeeded in doing, I would conside…

- Ernie Chambers

Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of really doing what we…

- Ernie Chambers

The Mafia has higher standards than the Catholic Church hierachy because if their members were "raping children, they'd off them."

- Ernie Chambers

I often quote Hitler, who said words to the effect of, "Rulers are fortunate that the people do not think." Politicians know this. Even when the publ…

- Ernie Chambers

America is basically a hypocritical society and recognizes that hypocrisy is found throughout. The public doesn't look for politicians to tell the tr…

- Ernie Chambers