#gh

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#aids #commit #defeat #discriminatory #economic

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#career #career choice #choice #circumstances #dying

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#caused #colonial #come #engaged #europe

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #equality #fear

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#being #coasts #conversation #even #gay

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#hands #left #like #make #men

It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#american women #committed #could #died #end

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#human #human beings #large #possible #regarded

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#i #juvenile #laugh #leading #leading man