William Moore McCulloch Quotes
It is not force or fear, but belief in the inherent equality of man induces me to support this legislation.
He was responding to Mississippi Congressman William Colmer-- {637395}. Southern racists frequently accused other members of Congress of being intimidated by civil rights leaders rather than voting for civil rights legislation out of conviction. Many of them, like Colmer, were so insular that revanchist that they did not realize that other whites could really believe that segregation was not a necessary and good thing.
William Moore McCulloch, 1901–1980, U. S. Congressman (Republican, OH), House Debate on the Civil Rights Act, January 31, 1964
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Most of the Southern racist members of Congress really did see any demonstration for civil rights as a threat—a threat to the Southern white way of life. And the threat was that most fair minded Americans would be exposed to the evils of segregation and pass Civil Rights legislation. Most of the other members of Congress totally rejected this explanation of why the legislation was being debated. See {637396} .
The Prime Minister had begun his career as a proponent of apartheid, but by 1990 had reversed course.
This quotation many think is the greatest statement of political equality ever written. Interestingly is also lays an obligation on all people for all others. It was written by a privileged nobleman, a Baron, who was instrumental philosophically and politically in establishing the Batavia Republic in Holland.
He was trying to calm many Americans who were upset that a young Black man who was accused of a minor misdemeanor of selling loose cigarettes (not whole packs) was being arrested by 5 white New York City police officers who thought that he was not cooperating forced him to the ground with one using a “choke hold” that was against Police Department regulations. The video, taken by a citizen, showed the arrested man crying to the police several times that he could not breathe when the pressure was placed by the officer with the choke hold. He man was choked to death. The coroner declared the death a homicide. However, the Staten Island district attorney presented the case to the Grand Jury in such a way that the jury found no reason to indict any of the police officers for any crime. Staten Island is a borough of New York far smaller and more suburban than the rest of New York System and more than half of all the white New York City police officers lived in the only conservative borough of New York where they were a major political force in the election of the borough district attorney. The President told the public that the Justice Department would investigate the case to determine if the victim’s civil rights had been violated.
- Born: November 24, 1901
- Died: February 22, 1980
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William Moore McCulloch was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district from 1947 to 1973.
