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• Ultimately, the courts will make the final judgment whether the White House has gone too far. Independent and impartial judges must assess the proper balance between protecting our liberties and protecting our national security.

  Edward Kennedy

  Independent, White, Judging

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

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• In fact, the legal system is in part responsible for their very size and growth. And too often when the individual finds himself in conflict with these forces, the legal system sides with the giant institution, not the small businessman or private citizen.

  Edward Kennedy

  Growth, Giants, Citizens

  Speech before American Bar Association, New York (August 8, 1978), reported in "What They Said in 1978" by Alan F. Pater, Jason R. Pate, (p. 168), 1979.

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• We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Compassion, Stewardship

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• From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today.

  Edward Kennedy

  Eight, Boston, Land

  Attributed to a 2007 Senate speech by Kathy Kiely, "Kennedy 'fashioned the modern day legal system of immigration'", abcnews.go.com.

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• The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

  Edward Kennedy

  Heart, Progress, Constitution

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Have faith in yourself and in the future.

  Edward Kennedy

  Inspire, Have Faith, Faith In Yourself

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• Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

  Edward Kennedy

  Majority, Minorities, May

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• I don't think America can just drill itself out of its current energy situation. We don't need to destroy the environment to meet our energy needs. We need smart, comprehensive, common-sense approaches that balance the need to increase domestic energy supplies with the need to maximize energy efficiency.

  Edward Kennedy

  Smart, Science, Thinking

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• Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

  Edward Kennedy

  America, Management, Terrorism

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest.

  Edward Kennedy

  Needs, Breasts

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• The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.

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  Iraq, America, Abuse

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• 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.

  Edward Kennedy

  Dad, Pregnancy, History

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.

  Edward Kennedy

  Rights, Bills, Patient

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• The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.

  Edward Kennedy

  Feelings, Essentials, Citizens

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• Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.

  Edward Kennedy

  Giving, Faults, Common

  "Transcript of Ted Kennedy's Funeral Service" by The Kennedy Family, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 29, 2009.

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• The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

  Edward Kennedy

  Government, People, Demand

  Ted Kennedy's concession speech to Jimmy Carter at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden, New York City, www.nydailynews.com. August 26, 2009.

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• I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world.

  Edward Kennedy

  Beautiful, Mother, Children

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• If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Israel

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• 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

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• 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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• ¿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.

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• Supreme Court nominations are an occasion to pause and reflect on the values that make our nation strong, just and fair. And we must determine whether a nominee has a demonstrated commitment to those basic values.

  Edward Kennedy

  Strong, Commitment, Nominations

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

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• Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow we will. I yield the floor.

  Edward Kennedy

  Yield, Political Will, Challenges

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• Floating screw - that's what people used to call me.

  Edward Kennedy

  People, Floating, Used

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• Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a comment that isn't meant for you. Never violate people's privacy. You will save yourself a lot of anguish.

  Edward Kennedy

  Phones, People, Advice

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