Emanuel Celler

“My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.”

“Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States.”

“We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo.”

“We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all individual freedom.”

“The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.”

“My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?”

“Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.”

“The power to investigate is a great public trust.”

“I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition.”

“The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.”

“Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.”

“The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.”

“On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples; on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn.”

“I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.”

“The study of music was a family interest.”

“It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens.”

“Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.”

“The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.”

“I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.”

“The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear.”