I hope for an America where no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
ur struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown - although it often seems that way. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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