"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."

Fear

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Insight & Reflection

Words carry weight, and Charles Rangel's insight into fear is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Charles Rangel

Charles Bernard Rangel was an American politician who served as U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement in 2017, having served continuously since 1971, and the ninth-longest serving in history. As its most senior member, he was also the dean of New York's congressional delegation. Rangel was the first African American chair of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. He was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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"If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it."

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"I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society."

— Charles Rangel
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"For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101."

— Charles Rangel
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"Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere."

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"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."

— James Allen
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"I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."

— Emma Watson
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"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

— John F. Kennedy
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"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."

— Francis Quarles
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