Edward Brooke
Edward Brooke
Edward William Brooke IIIwas an American Republican politician. In 1966, he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts, defeating former Massachusetts governor Democrat Endicott Peabody in a landslide. He served for two terms, and was defeated by Paul Tsongas in 1978...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 October 1919
CountryUnited States of America
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I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.
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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.
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I grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything.
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I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.
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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.
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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.
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I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.
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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.
In my state, the Republican Party was the most progressive party.
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Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.
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My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.
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President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.
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I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed about, thought about, but certainly did not believe would happen in my lifetime.
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I had male breast cancer and had dual radical modified mastectomy, and I've spent a lot of time working with the Susan G. Komen foundation to make men aware of male breast cancer - if you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer.