And we never got the mule, let alone the forty acres.
- Charles Evers
Alone, Never, Acres, Mule
Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.
- Charles Evers
Single, Republican, Go, Headquarters
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.
- Charles Evers
Strong, Country, Democrats, Runs
Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.
- Charles Evers
Someone, Makes, Take, Dependent
We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.
- Charles Evers
Responsibility, Why, Our, Educate
So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.
- Charles Evers
Reason, Sure, Everyone Else, Included
I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.
- Charles Evers
Through, Took, Cried, Delta
I feel there should be blacks in every Party.
- Charles Evers
Feel, Should, I Feel, Blacks
I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.
- Charles Evers
Most, Republicans, Things, I Believe In
The main thing I believe in is freedom.
- Charles Evers
Freedom, Main Thing, Main, I Believe In
I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.
- Charles Evers
Think, I Think, Rather, Heaven
I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.
- Charles Evers
Like, Either, Lot, Programs
Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
- Charles Evers
Time, Leader, Country, Split
I'm for prayer in schools.
- Charles Evers
Prayer, Schools
We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it.
- Charles Evers
Think, Want, Away, Whites
Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.
- Charles Evers
Nothing, Iraq, Did, Responsible
The Republican Party is not inclusive.
- Charles Evers
Party, Republican, Inclusive, Republican Party
The Republican Party does not reach out.
- Charles Evers
Reach, Republican, Does, Republican Party
The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.
- Charles Evers
Republican, Country, Done, Republican Party
I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.
- Charles Evers
Need, Away, Like, Republican
I'm a Republican, by the way.
- Charles Evers
Way, Republican
I don't believe in welfare.
- Charles Evers
Believe, Welfare
I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.
- Charles Evers
Lazy, Makes, Unproductive, Welfare
Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.
- Charles Evers
Worst Thing, Speaking, Ever, Welfare
The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.
- Charles Evers
Show, Still, Least, Martin
I'm against abortion.
- Charles Evers
Against, Abortion
I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.
- Charles Evers
Loved, Person, Clinton, Democrat
Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black.
- Charles Evers
Woman, Never, Will, Lifetime
I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.
- Charles Evers
Love, I Am, I Love, Blessed
We've begun to get justice.
- Charles Evers
Justice, Get, Begun
I'm for economic independence.
- Charles Evers
Independence, Economic, Economic Independence
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