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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.”

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

“The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.”

“We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.”

“Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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