Quotes from Edward Kennedy

The dream shall never die.

We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

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.

Once we succumb to the temptations of censoring ideas with which we disagree, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone's freedom is at risk.

I believe there surely is such a thing as truth, but who among us can claim a monopoly on it? There are those who do, and their own words testify to their intolerance.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.

I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

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.

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

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

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.

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.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

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.

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.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

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.

Have faith in yourself and in the future.

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