Hurley Goodall

Hurley Charles Goodall (May 23, 1927 – May 12, 2021) was an American author and politician who served in the Indiana House of Representatives from the 38th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 1978 to 1992. Prior to his tenure in the state legislature he served on the school board in Muncie, Indiana, where he was its first black member.

Quotes

• People are doing it anyway. We're making criminals out of people who aren't criminals.
  • As quoted in The Star Press (January 5, 1986)
    • Goodall was speaking to legalize the lottery in Indiana.

• It sounds like typical Orr, a lotta bombast and not saying too much.
  • As quoted in The Star Press (January 14, 1986)
    • Stated in response to Governor Orr's state of the state address

• I was awed at the power of an idea whose time has come. An idea is more powerful than all the nuclear weapons, bombers and tanks that a country has at its disposal. An idea that people are changing the world today, not the weapons.
  • As quoted in The Star Press (June 27, 1990)
    • Stated in response to Nelson Mandela's speech to the United States Congress

• Being jailed for 27 years, Mandela's one of those rare people who have the ability to rise to the occasion. Circumstances thrust him to the forefront, and he has responded with an innate ability to lead a nation."
  • As quoted in The Star Press (June 27, 1990)

• I think it's a significant event in the history of our country that the film was even made.
  • As quoted in The Star Press (November 18, 1992)
    • In reference to Malcolm X

• Organized labor is the only group in Democratic politics in Delaware County who can say, 'we want to find the best candidate we can and quit bloodying them up in inner-party squabbles.'
  • As quoted in The Star Press (May 7, 1996)

Quotes about Goodall

• Here we had the iron-clad conservative speaker of the House and a liberal Afro-American representing the same community and the best of friends at the same time.
  • Charlie Brown in the The Star Press (February 23, 1992)
    • Stated in reference to the relationship of J. Roberts Dailey and Goodall

External links

• Editorial on Nelson Mandela's 1990 speech to the United States Congress