CLAUDE PEPPER

Do you know that Claude Pepper is known all over Washington as a shameless extrovert? Not only that, but this man is reliably reported to practice nepotism with his sister-in-law and he has a sister who was once a thespian in wicked New York. Worst of all, it is an established fact that Mr. Pepper, before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy.

We're all candidates all the time. Claude Pepper is eighty seven, and he's worried about redistricting in 1992.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

The Republicans want to turn Social Security into a “no frills” program. The only problem is that the Republican idea of a frill is eating food.

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

Members of Congress don’t want anyone to have more influence than they have—that’s why they hated Harry Hopkins.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.

The Republicans want to turn Social Security into a “no frills” program. The only problem is that the Republican idea of a frill is eating food.

Members of Congress don’t want anyone to have more influence than they have—that’s why they hated Harry Hopkins.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.