Ted Kennedy Speaks

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

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

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 Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.
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 are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.
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