Ted Kennedy: Quotes about time

Ted Kennedy was United States Senator. Explore interesting quotes on time.

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“I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.”

Ted Kennedy

Esquire: The Meaning of Life (2009), p. 81

“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?”

Ted Kennedy

Constituent letter (1997)

“From the windows of my office in Boston … I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today.”

Ted Kennedy

Attributed to a 2007 Senate speech by Kathy Kiely, "Kennedy 'fashioned the modern day legal system of immigration' " http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090826/NEWS01/908260380/Kennedy++fashioned+the+modern+day+legal+system+of+immigration+, USA Today, 26 August 2009 <br class="br">Attributed

“I will never forget the 5th anniversary of the Peace Corps where I sat with the very first group of volunteers. I asked each of them why they decided to get involved. They said it was the first time anyone asked them to do anything for their country. Yeah Today, another young president has challenged another generation to give back to their country”

Ted Kennedy

2000s <br class="br">Source: Remarks http://www.tedkennedy.org/ownwords/event/serve_america.html at the signing of the Serve America Act