I hope for an America where we can all contend freely and vigorously, but where we will treasure and guard those standards of civility which alone ma…

- Edward Kennedy

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

- Edward Kennedy

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an i…

- Edward Kennedy

The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress …

- Edward Kennedy

I hope for an America where no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious dou…

- Edward Kennedy

I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fe…

- Edward Kennedy

Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

- Edward Kennedy

People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or …

- Edward Kennedy

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.

- Edward Kennedy