Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Claude Pepper (American Politician)

Claude Denson Pepper (1900–89) was an American politician and lawyer known for advocating progressive policies and elder rights.

Born in Chambers County, Alabama, he graduated from the University of Alabama (1921) and earned a law degree from Harvard University (1924.) He later established a legal practice in Perry, Florida before entering politics.

Pepper served in the Florida House of Representatives (1929–31) before winning a U.S. Senate seat (1936.) A strong supporter of New Deal policies under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he championed Social Security, minimum wage laws, and medical assistance for the elderly. His conciliatory stance toward the Soviet Union led to political opposition, and he lost his Senate seat (1950.)

In 1962, he returned to politics, winning a U.S. House seat, serving until his death (1989.) As chair of the House Select Committee on Aging, he helped raise the retirement age and expand Medicare benefits, culminating in the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (1988.)

Pepper authored Pepper: Eyewitness to a Century (1987,) a memoir of his political career.

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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.”
—Claude Pepper
Topics: Age

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.
—Claude Pepper
Topics: Age, Aging

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they’ve been appointed and thinking they’ve been anointed.
—Claude Pepper
Topics: Politicians, Politics

Getting older is like riding a bicycle, if you don’t keep peddling, you’ll fall.
—Claude Pepper

Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.
—Claude Pepper
Topics: Living, Persistence, Life, Moving on, Balance

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