Quotes By Charles Rangel

I feel terrific.

I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.