Edward Kennedy

Politician

United States

1932 - 2009

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There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.
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For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.
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We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.
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Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.
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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
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Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.
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The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.
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Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
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Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.
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The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.
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