Top 29 Quotes by Edward Brooke

About Edward Brooke

These are some quotes by American author Edward Brooke Politician, who lived between October 26, 1919 and January 3, 2015.

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

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

Edward Brooke

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

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

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.

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

My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.

My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.

Edward Brooke

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

Edward Brooke

Fred Thompson was a law partner of mine.

Fred Thompson was a law partner of mine.

Edward Brooke

Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.

Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.

Edward Brooke

When I left the Senate in 1979, there were several publishers who had approached me about writing an autobiography, and I knew that politicians write books for many reasons, but at that time, I just thought I wasn't ready and my story wasn't over, and I knew I had a new life ahead of me.

Edward Brooke

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

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

Edward Brooke

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

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

Edward Brooke

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