It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

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.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.
- Edward Kennedy Quote

We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.
- Edward Kennedy Quote