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
centrist country presidents
When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.
nixon president primarily
President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.
grew
I grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything.
intend move
I don't intend to leave the Republican Party, but I would like to move the Republican Party more to the center.
profess
I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.
absolute attorney general power
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
best character color looking matter political race religion save
I'm looking for the best person irregardless of political party, of race or religion, or color of their skin. Those things don't matter to me. I want someone who's qualified, who has a qualification to character and the integrity to do the things that have to be done to save this world.
held moderate power
When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power.
parent mind world
My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.
stills
To stand still is to regress.
fred thompson
Fred Thompson was a law partner of mine.
people
I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.
chose early republican
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.
studied
I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.