Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Evers

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American activist Charles Evers.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

James Charles Evers was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. After serving in World War II, Evers began his career as a disc jockey at WHOC in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 1954, he was made the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) State Voter Registration chairman. After his brother's assassination in 1963, Evers took over his position as field director of the NAACP in Mississippi. In this role, he organized and led many demonstrations for the rights of African Americans.

American - Activist | Born: September 11, 1922

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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

I'm for prayer in schools.

Charles Evers

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

Charles Evers

We've begun to get justice.

Charles Evers

I don't believe in welfare.

Charles Evers

Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black.

Charles Evers

I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.

Charles Evers

The Republican Party does not reach out.

Charles Evers

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

I'm against abortion.

Charles Evers

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

Charles Evers

I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.

Charles Evers

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

Charles Evers

It's wrong to kill.

Charles Evers

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.

Charles Evers

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

Charles Evers

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

Charles Evers

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

Charles Evers

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

Charles Evers

This is a racist country.

Charles Evers

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

Charles Evers

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

Charles Evers

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

Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.

Charles Evers

I'm for economic independence.

Charles Evers

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

I'm a Republican, by the way.

Charles Evers

I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

Charles Evers

Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.

Charles Evers

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