“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
“I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature or where people are deeply divided about whether it is... Americans are plainly and persistently divided about abortion and the fiat of government cannot settle the issue as a matter of conscience or of conduct.” PeopleShouldBelieveMatterGovernmentI BelieveReligiousDecisionViewsIssuesAtheismAuthorityConsciencePositive AtheismWitnessSettlingAbortionDivided Author:Edward Kennedy
“A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.” WayLittlesIdeasDifferentValuesInterestViewsHumourCircumstancesGood SenseLoving SomeoneGood MarriageVolatilityShared Values Author:Edward Kennedy
“If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by flag burning, what will we say the next time someone is offended by some other minority view, or by some other person's exercise of the freedom the Constitution is supposed to protect?” IfsFirstsPersonsOrderNextViewsExerciseProtectConstitutionBurningMinoritiesFlagsAmendmentsSensibilityNext TimeOffendedFirst AmendmentPrecedentFlag Burning Author:Edward Kennedy
“If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not have to change his ideas or respond to the needs of the broader population. He can rest content with a mediocre, absentee performance knowing he will be returned to office. And as he is returned year after year the seniority system gives him immense control over people from other parts of the country whose views he need not heed at all.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingYearsDoeIdeasCountryPoliticalBeliefViewsKnowingGroupsEconomicSafeOfficePerformancesCompetitionPopulationImmenseMediocreHeedLegislatorsPolitical BeliefsSeniority Book:Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s Source: Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s
“It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court - Chief Justice [John] Roberts, Harriet Miers and now Judge Alito - has served not only as a lawyer for the executive branch, but has defended the most expansive view of presidential authority.” ThreeIndividualPresidentJusticeViewsJudgingAuthorityCourtExtraordinaryLawyerSupremeChiefsPresidentialBranchesExecutivesSupreme CourtPresident George W BushExecutive BranchChief Justice Author:Edward Kennedy
“The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.” DoeViewsShareProtectConstitutionDisagree Author: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.” MindSeemsNamesViewsMoralPolicyMajorityAriseControversyPublic Policy Author:Edward Kennedy
