I had been calling balls and strikes all day and all of a sudden, let's escalate it, it's one of those moments where you realize that people have come here for the purpose of conflict, being engaged in conflict as opposed to getting something done. Emanuel Cleaver More Quotes by Emanuel Cleaver More Quotes From Emanuel Cleaver God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them. Emanuel Cleaver blessedamericaideas My fear, with the constant tweeting directed toward Chairman Powell and the Fed, is that a lot of Americans may want to blame the Fed for any failings of the U.S. economy. Emanuel Cleaver business It's not apolitical game for all these people out here in the country who are hurting and scared to death. i thought that even though this place has become toxic, that nobody would jeopardize the health of millions of people for some political purpose. Emanuel Cleaver us-news You make America great by making America available to a wide variety of people. Emanuel Cleaver greatyouamericapeople I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted, and I'd have a line behind me of very prominent African-Americans who would say, 'Amen.' Emanuel Cleaver behindmespeechi-can Congressman Lacy Clay and I believe that there's no excuse for shooting at police officers, law enforcement officers who get up in the morning and go out and put their lives on the line to protect us. Emanuel Cleaver policelawmorningbelieve I have, with great intentionality, a demeanor that I hope is welcoming for people to not be afraid to talk to me or, you know, ask me a question. Emanuel Cleaver meyouhopepeople I'm not going to vote for Donald Trump. There's no way I would vote for him under any circumstance. However, I think that the protesters may as well send him some money, because I think they're going to push people into his camp. Emanuel Cleaver thinkvotemoneypeople What we don't need to work toward is polarizing America any greater than it is. Look, I'm up here in Washington, D.C., in the Congress of the United States, and we have, all day, a lot of verbal vomit that is doing enormous damage. Emanuel Cleaver doingdaylookwork The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher level of civility. Now we describe a disagreement as an attack. Emanuel Cleaver attacknowuplanguage
