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

I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study. — Edward Brooke

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively. — Edward Brooke

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country. — Edward Brooke

I had made my reputation on integrity. — Edward Brooke

In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game. — Edward Brooke

Fred Thompson was a law partner of mine. — Edward Brooke

I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats. — Edward Brooke

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

I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress ... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me. — Edward Brooke

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure. — Edward Brooke

I was one of God's chosen few, no doubt about it. Not only being elected, but the joy and pleasure I derived from it. It was a wonderful life. — Edward Brooke

When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power. — Edward Brooke

I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one. — Edward Brooke

You can't say the Negro left the Republican Party; the Negro feels he was evicted from the Republican Party. — Edward Brooke

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

I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia. — Edward Brooke

When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan. — Edward Brooke

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts. — Edward Brooke

I grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything. — Edward Brooke

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive. — Edward Brooke

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground. — Edward Brooke

In my state, the Republican Party was the most progressive party. — Edward Brooke

I wanted to go to Washington to bring people together who had never been together before. I wanted to break down the barriers between races. — Edward Brooke

To stand still is to regress. — Edward Brooke

Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug. — Edward Brooke

President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people. — Edward Brooke

I don't intend to leave the Republican Party, but I would like to move the Republican Party more to the center. — Edward Brooke

Election victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap the harvest. — Edward Brooke

I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that. — Edward Brooke