Emanuel Celler Quotes

• La ilegalidad nunca resolverá el problema de la anarquía política.

  Emanuel Celler

  Political, Lawlessness, Problem

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• Por un lado pronunciamos públicamente la igualdad de todos los pueblos; por otro, en nuestras leyes de inmigración, abrazamos en la práctica esas mismas teorías que aborrecemos y condenamos verbalmente.

  Emanuel Celler

  Equality, Hands, Law

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.

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  Girl, Grandmother, Catholic

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• If 6,000,000 cattle had been slaughtered, there would have been more interest. A way would have been found.

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  Holocaust, Way, Found

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• The power to investigate is a great public trust.

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  Confianza pública

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• Como hemos visto tan claramente demostrado en Europa, el odio engendra odio y el círculo vicioso gira con toda la locura que lo acompaña.

  Emanuel Celler

  Hate, Europe, Circles

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• El Partido Demócrata nunca abandonará las libertades de nuestro pueblo con el pretexto de fingir que las protege.

  Emanuel Celler

  Party, Hymns, People

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• Había adoptado el color del clima que me rodeaba y había hecho retroceder toda la emoción que brotaba de las calles de Brooklyn para poder pertenecer al exclusivo club del Congreso.

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  Taken, Color, Rose

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• En nuestra casa repetíamos el patrón de otros miles de hogares. Había pocos libros y mucha música. Nuestra comida y nuestros muebles no diferían de los de nuestros vecinos.

  Emanuel Celler

  Book, Home, House

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.

  Emanuel Celler

  Immigration, Unjust, Restriction

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• Yo había defendido la creación de una comisión industrial negra. Había hecho gestos contra el crecimiento del poder monopolístico. Había presentado algunos proyectos de ley sobre derechos civiles.

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  Rights, Monopoly Power, Growth

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust.

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  Years, Betrayed, Way

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• In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.

  Emanuel Celler

  Government, Color, White

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• The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.

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  Pace, Irritated, My Family

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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

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  Depression, Being Different, Panic

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• I became the head of the household. I went to school in the morning and sold wines all afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening.

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  Morning, Wine, School

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• Al autor del macartismo se le concedió la distinción de dirigirse a la Convención Nacional Republicana. Esto infunde terror en los corazones de los hombres honrados.

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  Heart, Men, Honest

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances among the chickens.

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  Elephants, Competition, Politics

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• 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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Ambition, Sight, Smell

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

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  Usa, Political, Grandfather

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• 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?

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  Father, Wine, School

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• 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.

  Emanuel Celler

  Believe, Tactics, Communism

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• La magia de Roosevelt residía en una faceta de su personalidad: sabía asumir el riesgo. Ningún otro hombre de la vida pública que yo conociera podía aceptar tan fácilmente el reto de lo nuevo.

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  Men, Personality, Challenges

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• El comunismo que se alimenta de la agresión, el odio y el aprisionamiento de las mentes y almas de los hombres no echará raíces en los Estados Unidos.

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  Men, Roots, Hatred

  "You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler".

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• 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.

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  Fiesta, Carácter, Lucha

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