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Quotes by Edward Kennedy

Come out of the rose garden.
– Edward Kennedy
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
For two years, terrorist cells have been spreading like cancer cells. Any doctor who let that happen would be guilty of malpractice.
– Edward Kennedy
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
– Edward Kennedy
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
– Edward Kennedy
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
– Edward Kennedy
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.
– Edward Kennedy
One of the few positive results of the Vietnam War is the irresistible momentum it gave Congress thirty-four years ago to pass legislation lowering the voting age to 18.
– Edward Kennedy
Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.
– Edward Kennedy
She was the most beautiful rose of all.
– Edward Kennedy
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
– Edward Kennedy
The President's handling of the war has been a toxic mix of ignorance, arrogance, and stubborn ideology. No amount of Presidential rhetoric or preposterous campaign spin can conceal the truth about the steady downward spiral in our national security since President Bush made the decision to go to war in Iraq.
– Edward Kennedy
The war in Iraq itself has not made America safer and has not made the world safer.
– Edward Kennedy
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.
– Edward Kennedy
There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.
– Edward Kennedy
Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.
– Edward Kennedy
Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.
– Edward Kennedy
We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.
– Edward Kennedy
We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.
– Edward Kennedy
Well, here I don't go again.
– Edward Kennedy
Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.
– Edward Kennedy
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