Charles Evers quotes
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“I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.”
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“I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.”
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“I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.”
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“The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.”
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“The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.”
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“Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.”
-- Charles EversSource : Source: www.salon.com
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“Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.”
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“Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.”
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“I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.”
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“I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.”
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“Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.”
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“Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.”
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“Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.”
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“I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.”
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“Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.”
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“I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.”
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“I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.”
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“I feel there should be blacks in every Party.”
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“I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.”
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“So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.”
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“We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.”
-- Charles Evers
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