More - Edward Kennedy Quotes

Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.

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The war in Iraq itself has not made America safer and has not made the world safer.

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 America

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

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 America

He did indicate that he's an older person, that he's learned more, that he thinks he's a wiser person and he has a better grasp and understanding about constitutional rights and liberties.

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[The senior senator from Massachusetts was equally gracious.] I've enjoyed working with the president, ... I might say I might use those same words with regard to him, respectfully.

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Our troops deserve better, Mr. Secretary. I think the American people deserve better, ... They deserve competency, and they deserve the facts. In baseball, it's three strikes and you're out. What is it for the secretary of defense?

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 People

I am disappointed that FDA waited until this late hour to address a legal question that could and should have been resolved months ago.

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Many of the documents made it clear that as a junior official in the Reagan administration, he was part of an intense effort to impede progress on numerous key issues, such as progress on equal rights for women.

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I believe we can have a strong bipartisan bill in the next session,

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 Believe

The question is, whether this was brought to you -- and when did you know? When did you know it? You gave us a laundry list in your presentation on it. I'm trying to find out because it's been published that you were notified about this a series of times and advised to do something about it and nothing was done.

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