Quotes from Edward Brooke

I'm looking for the best person irregardless of political party, of race or religion, or color of their skin. Those things don't matter to me. I want someone who's qualified, who has a qualification to character and the integrity to do the things that have to be done to save this world.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

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

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

I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that.

I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.

I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed about, thought about, but certainly did not believe would happen in my lifetime.