Edward Kennedy Quotes

"In these continuing circumstances, she should not be promoted to secretary of state."

"We have to ask ourselves, are we going to be better off before the conflict or after the conflict -- let alone, how are we going to ever get out of Iraq? And if we go it alone, who's going to be there, stay there and pay the bill? ... Face the Nation."

"We are determined to have these issues debated in Congress this fall,"

"If Congress passes this resolution it will have destroyed in 10 hours what it took the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 painstaking years to create."

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

"This debate is certainly not over."

"The president's economic report is an insult to every hard-working American. It's unpatriotic economics, and he should apologize for it."

"America will not be America until we free ourselves of discrimination and bigotry,"

"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."

"With Justice O'Connor committing to stay until her replacement is named, we can and should remain focused first on protecting our citizens who need help the most,"

"Iraq has become a quagmire. It may well go down as the worst blunder in the entire history of American foreign policy."

"I think most American workers want to make sure that when they have actually purchased health insurance, they're going to get the insurance they have purchased,"

"If President Bush can make his own rules for domestic surveillance, Big Brother has run amok. We need a thorough investigation of these activities. Congress and the American people deserve answers, and they deserve answers now."

"This program will prevent pension failures and the incredible suffering they cause for workers and retirees,"

"During Senator Ashcroft's quarter-century of public service, he has taken strong positions on a range of important issues in the range of the Justice Department, ... Unfortunately and often he has used the power of his high office to advance his personal views in spite of the law of the land."

"No action -- criminal, administrative, or otherwise -- has been taken against the high civilian officials responsible for the authorization of torture and mistreatment by U.S. officials."

"It's a response to the president's very legitimate concerns, and it ought to be the basis of a sound compromise,"

"must also determine whether (Roberts) has demonstrated a commitment to the constitutional principles that have been so vital in advancing fairness, decency and equal opportunity in our society."

"a victory for common sense."

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