The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
Sometimes a party must sail against the wind. We cannot heed the call of those who say it is time to furl the sail.… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
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… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society.… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
Earlier this week ... scientists announced the completion of a task that once seemed unimaginable; and that is, the deciphering of the entire DNA… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
I applaud the fact that the president has reached out to the members of Judiciary Committee. And I applaud. the fact that he has… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
ur struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown - although it often seems that way. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored, rejected, and… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
