Edward M. Kennedy: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for having these hearings.”

I understand some people will forever define me by that day, and that is their right.

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

This November, the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans. So with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his cause. And the dream lives on.

In Robert Bork's America, there is no room at the inn for blacks and no place in the Constitution for women.