Emanuel Celler

“Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.”

“I am against any and all forms of censorship.”

“With the collapse of the Confederacy, the slaves were freed... but they were not fully free. The promises of emancipation were not kept.”

“The lobbies are the touts of protected industries.”

“The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.”

“There must be no place in our society for second-class citizenship.”

“The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”