Charles Evers Quotes & Sayings

The main thing I believe in is freedom. — Charles Evers

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

I don't believe in welfare. — 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

And we never got the mule, let alone the forty acres. — Charles Evers

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

It's wrong to kill. — Charles Evers

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you. — 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 a Republican, by the way. — Charles Evers

I'm for prayer in schools. — Charles Evers

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong. — Charles Evers

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive. — Charles Evers

Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor. — Charles Evers

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

The Republican Party does not reach out. — Charles Evers

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for. — Charles Evers

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

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

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

I'm for economic independence. — 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

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 feel there should be blacks in every Party. — Charles Evers

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

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive. — Charles Evers

This is a racist country. — Charles Evers

We've begun to get justice. — Charles Evers

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

The Republican Party is not inclusive. — Charles Evers

I'm against abortion. — Charles Evers

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

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