Edward Kennedy Nation Quotations

Rather than selecting a nominee for the good of the nation and the court, President Bush has picked a nominee whom he hopes will stop the massive hemorrhaging of support on his right wing.

No matter how many times the Administration denies it, there is no question they misled the nation and led us into a quagmire in Iraq.

They have undermined America's prestige and credibility in the world, and undermined the trust that Americans should and must have in what their nation tells them. How many will doubt a future claim of danger even if it is real?

The nation lost a courageous woman and a true American hero. A half century ago, Rosa Parks stood up not only for herself, but for generations upon generations of Americans.

I hope the president will select someone who meets the high standards that she set and that can bring the nation together, as she did,

I hope the next nominee selected meets the high standards set by Justice O'Connor, reveres and treasures the freedoms on which our nation was built, and can bring the nation together as she has done often.

The doubts that many of us had before the nation was attacked about the affordability of those tax cuts have become certainties in the wake of September 11,