Dennis Chavez
Dennis Chavez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chávezwas a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic Democrat elected to the US Senate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 April 1888
CityLos Chaves, NM
CountryUnited States of America
liberty may eras
I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment of our liberties.
men voice he-man
I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.
practice president bills
So, Mr. President, what is wrong with the fair employment practice bill?
boys practice independence
If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary.
war return
We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.
democracy failing
Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us.