“Our commitment to this founding principle is especially relevant today. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and generosity for our fellow citizens whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The powerful winds and floodwater of Katrina tore away the mask that has hidden from public view the many Americans who are left out and left behind.” Has BeensTodayLeftUnitedViewsPowerfulBehindsCompassionPrinciplesWindCitizensCommitmentFellowsGenerosityMaskRelevantFoundingLeft BehindHurricanesLeft OutDevastatedKatrinaHurricane Katrina Author:Edward Kennedy
“In fact, the legal system is in part responsible for their very size and growth. And too often when the individual finds himself in conflict with these forces, the legal system sides with the giant institution, not the small businessman or private citizen.” FactsIndividualForceSidesGrowthCitizensConflictResponsibleInstitutionsSizeGiantsBusinessmanSmall BusinessLegal System Author:Edward Kennedy
“The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure of Prohibition proves the futility of such an attempt when a majority or even a substantial minority happens to disagree. Some questions may be inherently individual ones, or people may be sharply divided about whether they are. In such cases, like Prohibition and abortion, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the conscience of the individual, not the coercive power of the state.” PeopleWantMayRealStatesGovernmentHappensIndividualRolesCasesCitizensProveConscienceMajorityAppealsAbortionMinoritiesDividedDisagreeProhibitionFutilityTransgression Author:Edward Kennedy
“The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.” FeelingsFeltSidesGreaterCitizensEssentialsFellowsObligationGrantsSincerityDecency Author:Edward Kennedy
“As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.” PeopleJusticeLibertyRightsExampleCitizensSandra Day O Connor Author:Edward Kennedy
“In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close cases Judge [Samuel] Alito has ruled the vast majority of the time against the claims of the individual citizens. He has acted instead in favor of government, large corporations and other powerful interests.” TryingEndsGovernmentJobsIndividualInterestPowerfulCasesJudgingCitizensLosingClaimsMajorityFavorsErasCorporations Author:Edward Kennedy
“Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?” LawJusticeCitizensEqualAverageEqual Justice Author:Edward Kennedy
“The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored, rejected, and forgotten. No amount of historical gymnastics can hide the public record of AMA opposition to virtually every major health reform in the past 50 years....The AMA has turned into a propaganda organ purveying 'medical politics' for deceiving the Congress, the people, and the doctors of America themselves.” PeopleYearsWellsAgeAmericaPastInterestDarkRecordsSpecialAmountCitizensMajorsDeserveDoctorsHistoricalForgottenCongressMedicalReformWell BeingPropagandaOppositionOrgansDeceivingRejectedIgnoredDark AgesGymnasticsSpecial InterestsAmerican CitizensHealth Reform Author:Edward Kennedy
