Ted Kennedy Quotations

Many in the scientific community are concerned that the president's decision will delay development of cures for dread disease for many years, at the cost of countless lives and immeasurable suffering,

On issue after issue, they have moved brazenly to impose their agenda on America and on the world, ... They have pursued their goals at the expense of urgent national and human needs and at the expense of the truth. America deserves better.

I don't know what to say. I'm happy and sad all at the same time. It was only a matter of time before conservatives reared their ugly head. These are banner days for Democrats. Oil and gas prices are up. The elderly are starving. It's great news and it's become clear that we're the ones in touch with real Americans. These flag waving braggarts have to go!

Here's what President Bush said in his State of the Union address two months ago: 'This economy is strong and growing stronger. Productivity is high and jobs are on the rise.' Last month he said it again,

History will now say on this impeachment, as they said on the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, that it was the radical Republicans. ... And that is going to be the judgment of history.

He was really far ahead of his time. He saw something that was out there.

I think it's dealing with overall shipping lanes, that's what is at issue.

I think there's enormous potential in terms of solar power and wind power all along the coastal areas and I think we ought to take advantage of it.

to the highways and byways of this country and to the senior citizen centers and nursing homes where the senior citizens gather.

This should be a matter of clear concern,

We all know what's going on. The tobacco industry is interested in some kind of watered down bill. They're more interested in the political lives of those senators rather than the lives of children that are really at risk,

We will not be able to move past this scandal as a nation until there is full independent investigation of all that has gone wrong in our detention and interrogation policy, and all the persons found responsible for these shameful policies are held accountable,

This one has a lot of horsepower and a lot of firepower behind it in terms of the membership that are in support of it.

It would be unconscionable for Congress to adjourn without providing urgently needed help for those who need fuel assistance this winter.

This is far more than an indictment of an individual, ... It is an indictment of their vindictive efforts to discredit anyone who challenge their misrepresentations.

This debate is about making sure patients get the protections they deserve, ... It's about whether we are going to stop HMOs from making medical decisions.

This administration manipulated and misused intelligence information that rushed us to war.

This legislation removes the unfair barriers that currently hinder the ability of battered immigrants to escape domestic violence safely and prosecute their abusers.

a campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those who seek the truth about the clear manipulation of intelligence.

It's an indictment of the lengths Administration officials were willing to go to cover up their failed intelligence, their distortion on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and their serious blunders on the war,

Nominees must earn their confirmation by providing us with full knowledge of the values and convictions they will bring to decisions that may profoundly affect our progress as a nation. Judge Roberts has not done so. His repeated allegiance to the rule of law reveals little about the values he would bring to the job of chief justice of the United States.

It's time that Gerry Adams free himself from the IRA. We cannot in Western countries have a political party that has its own private army, particularly one that's been associated with criminality and violence,

indicated that they really didn't have a plan to win the peace after winning the war.

I'm just trying to find out, on the Voting Rights Act, whether you have any problem at all and trouble at all in terms of the constitutionality of the existing Voting Rights Act that was extended by the Congress.

The CEOs who do this are people who have never failed at anything.