Edward Kennedy Quotes About Justice

• ¿Funcionamos bajo un sistema de justicia igual ante la ley? ¿O existe un sistema para el ciudadano medio y otro para los poderosos?

  Edward Kennedy

  Average, Law, Justice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• There is no safety in hiding. Like my brothers before me, I pick up a fallen standard. Sustained by the memory of our priceless years together, I shall try to carry forward that special commitment to justice, excellence and courage that distinguished their lives.

  Edward Kennedy

  Brother, Memories, Commitment

• As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.

  Edward Kennedy

  Rights, People, Justice

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• Even one justice can advance or reverse the progress of our journey.

  Edward Kennedy

  Journey, Justice, Progress

  "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.

• It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court - Chief Justice [John] Roberts, Harriet Miers and now Judge Alito - has served not only as a lawyer for the executive branch, but has defended the most expansive view of presidential authority.

  Edward Kennedy

  Views, Justice, Judging

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Journey, Justice For All

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.

  Edward Kennedy

  War, Justice, President

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• When I look at that record in light of the 1985 job application to the [Ronald] Reagan Justice Department, it's even more troubling.That document lays out an ideological agenda that highlights Judge Samuel Alito in belonging to an alumni group at Princeton that opposed the admission of women and proposed to curb the admission of racial minorities.

  Edward Kennedy

  Jobs, Light, Justice

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice will have a direct impact on the lives and liberties of our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren.

  Edward Kennedy

  Children, Impact, Justice

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• ¿Abrazará y defenderá el candidato el significado esencial de las cuatro palabras inscritas sobre la entrada del edificio del Tribunal Supremo: ¿Igualdad ante la ley?

  Edward Kennedy

  Law, Justice, Essentials

  "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.

• El juez Lewis Powell habló en nombre de todos nosotros cuando dijo: La igualdad ante la ley es quizá la idea más inspiradora de nuestra sociedad. Es uno de los fines para los que existe todo nuestro sistema jurídico.

  Edward Kennedy

  Law, Ideas, Justice

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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