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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When I left the Senate in 1979, there were several publishers who had approached me about writing an autobiography, and I knew that politicians write books for many reasons, but at that time, I just thought I wasn't ready and my story wasn't over, and I knew I had a new life ahead of me.
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My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.
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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.
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When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.
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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 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.
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I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.
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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 grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything.
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I don't intend to leave the Republican Party, but I would like to move the Republican Party more to the center.
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I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.
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Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
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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.
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When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power.