Emanuel Celler

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another.

The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.