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I thought this was an attack on the rule of law, and there should be a legal response,


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DICK DURBIN This is a clear sign the rule of law can be an answer to terrorism.
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TONY BLAIR There was an overwhelming response.
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VIKRAM AMAR This was an unwarranted and vicious attack.
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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