Edward Kennedy Quotes
[Some Senate Democrats say Roberts should get tougher scrutiny now that he is being nominated for chief justice.] The chief justice is the most important judge in the country, with even more responsibility for the protection of the rights and freedoms of all Americans... Thus John Roberts bears a heavier burden when he comes before the Senate. 
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President Bush should provide the information ... rather than hiding behind a privilege that doesn't exist and encouraging Roberts to not answer questions... The American people deserve to know who John Roberts is and where he stands on the vital issues before the country.
- Edward Kennedy
A democratic party, a part of a democratic West, does not, should not and cannot have private armies and cannot be involved in criminality and violence, ... and this is, I think as the sisters have pointed out, the golden opportunity for them to indicate once and for all and finally that they are going to separate themselves from that type of support.
- Edward Kennedy