My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. Emanuel Celler Read Quote
