Author: Edward Brooke

Quotes

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.

- Edward Brooke

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.

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.

- Edward Brooke

Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.

Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.

- Edward Brooke

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

- Edward Brooke

When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power.

When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power.

- Edward Brooke

I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.

I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.

- Edward Brooke

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

- Edward Brooke

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