Quotes By Charles Rangel

We don't windsurf in Harlem.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.

I feel terrific.

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

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

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.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

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

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs.

If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

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.

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.

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.

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

My father was absolutely no good.