Edward Kennedy Quotes

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  • ur struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown - although it often seems that way.

    "Kennedy Speech Defined Ideals". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. August 26, 2009.
  • Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and diversity of our communities and our nation. Our economy depends on these hard-working, taxpaying workers. They have assisted America in its economic boom.

  • The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us as Democrats is also the right way for Democrats to win.

    Ted Kennedy's concession speech to Jimmy Carter at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden, New York City, www.nydailynews.com. August 26, 2009.
  • It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

    Iraq  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Will a nominee embrace and uphold the essential meaning of the four words inscribed above the entrance of the Supreme Court building: Equal justice under law?

    "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.
  • Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old... When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.

    "Pro-Choice Kennedy Was Pro-Life In 1971". www.wnd.com. August 3, 2005.
  • [W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

  • The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

    "The Dream Shall Not Die" by Gershon Hepner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2009.
  • Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who felt the anguish of the poor. He was an orator of excellence who spoke for the voiceless. He was a son of Harvard who reached out to the sons and daughters of Appalachia. He was a man of special grace who had a special care for the retarded and handicapped. He was a hero of war who fought hardest for peace. He said and proved in word and deed that one man can make a difference.

  • Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

  • I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

  • Even one justice can advance or reverse the progress of our journey.

    "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.
  • As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.

    Source: www.washingtonpost.com
  • The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

    Views  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

  • Ultimately, the courts will make the final judgment whether the White House has gone too far. Independent and impartial judges must assess the proper balance between protecting our liberties and protecting our national security.

    "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.
  • The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

  • The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.

  • I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.

    Edward M. Kennedy' Speech at Liberty Baptist College, www.washingtonpost.com. August 26, 2009.
  • That is a pretty big deal from a commitment standpoint.

  • Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.

  • Family reunification has been an essential aspect of these policies.Many of those who are brought in, in terms of families, have become actively involved. They open small stores, play a significant role in the economy. The families and the importance of family unity are extremely important.

    Source: www.politico.com
  • Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare

  • From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today.

    Attributed to a 2007 Senate speech by Kathy Kiely, "Kennedy 'fashioned the modern day legal system of immigration'", abcnews.go.com.
  • The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.

    Iraq  
  • I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.

    Years  
    Source: www.washingtonpost.com
  • There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Our commitment to this founding principle is especially relevant today. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and generosity for our fellow citizens whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The powerful winds and floodwater of Katrina tore away the mask that has hidden from public view the many Americans who are left out and left behind.

    "Roberts: 'I Have No Agenda'". www.foxnews.com. September 13, 2005.
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    Edward Kennedy

    • Born: February 22, 1932
    • Died: August 25, 2009
    • Occupation: Former United States Senator