Quotes by Claude Pepper

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