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I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.


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DAN KENNEDY Just out of curiosity,” she says, “after you wake up in the morning, do you admire yourself in t...
ELLE KENNEDY We shall build on.
On through the cynic
STUDDERT KENNEDY I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what...
ROSE KENNEDY I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts--spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to ma...
ROSE KENNEDY Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
ROSE KENNEDY Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains ...
ROSE KENNEDY Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if ...
A.L. KENNEDY Unions, by and large, are democratic organizations with freely chosen leaders and policies determine...
ROBERT KENNEDY It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, ...
ROSE KENNEDY Communism counts its opportunities in terms of decades - not of weeks. Its means of aggression consi...
ROBERT KENNEDY We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life h...
DOUGLAS KENNEDY Allison Janney is amazing, and Anna Faris was a revelation to me.
MIMI KENNEDY I've got allergy pills upstairs in my room, and it says 'For Cat Work' right on it.
MIMI KENNEDY Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. 'Is it envy,...
ROSE KENNEDY You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.
GRAHAM KENNEDY We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.
EDWARD KENNEDY We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, a...
CAROLINE KENNEDY At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administr...
MARK KENNEDY The hardest problems of all in law enforcement are those involving a conflict of law and local custo...
ROBERT KENNEDY We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can...
CHARLES KENNEDY Introspection! I hate it!
ETHEL KENNEDY My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
ROSE KENNEDY Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actu...
RANDALL KENNEDY Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against...
ROBERT KENNEDY The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual res...
CHARLES KENNEDY