Edward Brooke Quotes

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Edward Brooke

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 26, 1919

I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia.

Edward Brooke

I had male breast cancer and had dual radical modified mastectomy, and I've spent a lot of time working with the Susan G. Komen foundation to make men aware of male breast cancer - if you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer.

Edward Brooke

I don't intend to leave the Republican Party, but I would like to move the Republican Party more to the center.

Edward Brooke

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

Edward Brooke

I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.

Edward Brooke

I was one of God's chosen few, no doubt about it. Not only being elected, but the joy and pleasure I derived from it. It was a wonderful life.

Edward Brooke

I've never tried to run away from my race. I was born a black man. You know that in your bones as soon as you are able to understand this country... My approach to life about race is, I don't see the difference between black people and white people.

Edward Brooke

I wanted to go to Washington to bring people together who had never been together before. I wanted to break down the barriers between races.

Edward Brooke