"Ma'am trying to have conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dinning room table. I have no interest in doing it."
"It is almost at the level of sedition”
(To disagree with Obama)
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"
"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody"
"Today is a big day in America, only 36,000 people lost their jobs today which is really good."
"My, my fear is that ah, the whole island will become so overly populated that it would tip over, and ah, capsize."
“As things heat up, you can expect House Democrats will be hit with a GOP blitzkrieg of vicious Swift-Boat-style attack ads, Karl Rove-inspired knockout tactics, thinly veiled attempts at character assassination and tea party disruptions.”
"I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill'... What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?"
"I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA"
"we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it"
"I don't worry about the constitution on this to be honest."
(Speaking of Obama care)
"If you knew anything about our boarders you would know that that's not the case. Our boarders are quite secure thank you...I don't have to make fun of you sir, you do a fine job all by your self."
"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards."
“Remember, every worker in America has a right to be paid fairly, whether they are documented or not"
"We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
"Technically it's not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts"
"Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane, must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition re-distributional."
"The system worked."
Charlie Rangel - New York Congressman District 15
