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The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.
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I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.
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The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us as Democrats is also the right way for Democrats to win.
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I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.
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Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.
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As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.
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We have to respect that any nominee to the Supreme Court would have to defer any comments on any matters which are either before the court or very likely to be before the court.
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