Edward Kennedy Quotes About Constitution

Quotes about: Constitution

• The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

  Edward Kennedy

  Views, Doe, Constitution

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

  Edward Kennedy

  Heart, Progress, Constitution

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I believe that the Constitution is not hostile to the idea that national problems can be solved at the national level through the cooperative efforts of the three coequal branches of government, the Congress, the executive and courts. But not every president, not every legislator and not every judge agrees that the federal government has the power to address and to try to remedy the twin national problems of poverty and access to equal opportunity.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Opportunity, Judging

  "Second Day of Hearings on the Nomination of Judge Roberts". www.nytimes.com. September 13, 2005.

• We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it... There can be no doubt that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide whether to fund military action, and Congress can demand a justification from the president for such action before it appropriates the funds to carry it out.

  Edward Kennedy

  Military, Speaks Out, Iraq

  "Official: First wave of troops to Iraq by Jan. 30". www.nbcnews.com. January 9, 2007.

• 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?

  Edward Kennedy

  Exercise, Views, Order

  Constituent letter, 1997.

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