Edward Kennedy Quotes
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me.
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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You can stroke people with words.
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Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
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Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.
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I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.
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Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.
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We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
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We're not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and Michael Jacksons of the world, but rather assisting infertile couples that deserve the right to have a biological child to have one.
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It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
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A tight structural form opens possibilities. Take a pattern, an established model or sub-genre, and write to it. In writing, limitation gives freedom
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A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations that are job killers. You get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something that doesn't suppress wages and kill jobs.
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I doubt that Donald Trump would be happier... if he was a different person. But Trump is always telling people how great his life is and about all the great things that he's done, and that's also all about his income. And that's also what we found. If you ask people how their lives are going, as a whole, it seems they tend to point to income.
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I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift.
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The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than the razor's edge, sharper than a hound's tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom.
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The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
