Quotes from Emanuel Cleaver

The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher level of civility. Now we describe a disagreement as an attack.

There is more power in unity than division.

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

[Raul Castro] is one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them.