Ted Kennedy quotes - please share!

[Liberty Belle]

Sending Teddy warm wishes for a speedy recovery. Meanwhile, enjoy some of his best quotes, which demonstrate his intellect and wit as well as his compassion.

Bush
We have lost the respect of other nations in the world.
Where do we go to get our respect back? How do we
re-establish the working relationships we need with other
countries to win the war on terrorism and advance the
ideals we share? How can we possibly expect President Bush
to do that? He's the problem, not the solution.
Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam, and this country needs a
new President.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Source:Brookings Institution, April 5, 2004

Bork
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back alley
abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police
could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids,
school children could not be taught about evolution, writers and
artists could be censored at the whim of government, and the doors
of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions
of citizens of whom the judiciary is — and is often the only —
protector of the individual rights that are at the heart of our
democracy."
Edward Kennedy
Source:http://washingtontimes.com/books/20041009-103404-2341r.htm


Constitution
"The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share;
it also protects those with whose views we disagree."
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Source:http://www.urbin.net/EWW/sigs/kennedysigs.html


Democracy
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy.
Deceit is a poison in its veins.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Source:Brookings Institution, April 5, 2004

Many more quotes here: http://home.att.net/~midnightflyer/teddyk.html

[mcctatas]

1. I like these... (especially the second one:)

“Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam’s torture chambers
reopened under new management: U.S. management.”

– Ted Kennedy on the floor of the Senate calling for a
complete investigation into the abuse of Iraqi
prisoners in a Baghdad-area jail, May 2004

“It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.”

“ Warren understood the impact of separate but equal on generations of both white and black children. That's what a chief justice does, ... Roberts has given nothing but bloodless answers.”

[Contrary1]

2. Well, I would have to trudge up to the attic to provide you with a few

quotes that have never been made public. Way back in 1968, I wrote him a letter. I figured Bobby was way too busy to answer, and I would have a better chance hearing back from his little brother. It was the first year I had become aware of what was going on in the world, and I wasn't very happy with what I saw.

I was on my way to a downtown rally for RFK in Indianapolis. I was so excited. Earlier that day, I had the good fortune of shaking his hand. It was also my first of two upfront and personal meetings with the Secret Service who were providing protection for him, as a presidential candidate.

Anyway, on that bus ride, I penned a rather sloppy letter to Ted. I told him that Robert looked very tired, and that perhaps; he needed a good home cooked meal and a night of relaxation...at my home of course. I challenged them to a game of pool. I even provided my address and phone number. :)

I was young and oblivious as to how very ridiculous my offer was.

A couple weeks later, I received a very nice response. I think Ted sensed I was a youngun. He thanked me for my letter and told me that if the situation came up, he and Bobby would certainly take me up on my kind offer...and he signed it himself.

By the way, my second exposure to the Secret Service came later that evening. My best friend and I were at the hotel where Bobby was to speak. We decided that our best shot of meeting him personally was to knock on his hotel room door before the speech. Like I said, we were young and so naive.

We got stopped about six feet from his door. But then, I did get to shake his hand.

[Liberty Belle]

3. What a wonderful story!

:kick:

How fortunate you were to actually meet RFK and hear back personally from Teddy.

A close friend of mine was at the Ambassador Hotel the night Bobby Kennedy got shot. He was so disllusioned that he got out of politics completely for decades--until the Bush regime came along, and he became an activist once again.

The Kennedy brothers sure knew how to inspire folks. If only we could clone them!

[defendandprotect]

4. Ted Kennedy's voice ringing out in the Senate has often lifted my hopes . . .

I have a book of John Kennedy speeches/quotes ---
and another of RFK's . . .
but I just realized that I have no collection of Ted Kennedy speeches --

I hope he will recover and be back quickly -- we really need him in the Senate!!!

[panzerfaust]

5. "You take care of the other girls and I will take care of the accident"

Kennedy left a young woman trapped in a car that he had driven off a bridge. Of this fact, there is no dispute.

He states that he had first tried to rescue her, then went back to the party house and came back with a friend to try again, then he states that he made the remark given in the Subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident).

He went to his hotel, went to bed, did not contact police until after the body was discovered the next day - though by is own admission he was unhurt and out and about for quite awhile - passing up many opportunities to make what might have been a life-saving call as it is alleged that an air-pocket was left in the car, and that Ms Kopechne's body was found in that air-pocket - had EMS been called, she might have been alive.

Kennedy's actions ensured that she had no chance.

Sorry.

I see Edward Kennedy as a (smarter) Bush: A child of money and privilege with no sense of common decency or responsibility. Bush sits on the conservative hobby horse, Kennedy the liberal - but neither is a horseman.

[marmar]

6. Ted Kennedy on why Republicans oppose statehood for Washington DC:

"too liberal, too urban, too democratic, and too black."

[dailykoff]

7. "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam, and this country needs a new President."

Thank you! K/R