Edward Kennedy Quotes

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

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

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

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?

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

I hope for an America where no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious doubt - or religious belief.

We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division.

The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.

Have faith in yourself and in the future.

There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.

The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

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

As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.

If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, like Ulysses if you must, to escape the siren calls of complacency and indifference.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

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.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

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.

If you persevere, stick with it, wok at it, you have a real opportunity to achieve. If you do your best and keep a true compass, you'll get there.

Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

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.

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

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

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.

Health care is a right, not a privilege.

It is a moral issue how we are going to treat workers. On these issues, these are moral issues, principled issues, where there aren't compromises.

Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow we will. I yield the floor.

Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world.

[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.

The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.

In decision after decision on the bench, Judge [Samuel] Alito has excused abusive actions by the authorities that intrude on the personal privacy and freedoms of average Americans.

Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues that matter to the American people and to speak for them.

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?

Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.

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.