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I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
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From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today.
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It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.
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The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.
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There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.
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Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.
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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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Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
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We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.
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We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest.
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Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and diversity of our communities and our nation. Our economy depends on these hard-working, taxpaying workers. They have assisted America in its economic boom.
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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
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As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.
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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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I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.
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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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The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.
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In decision after decision on the bench, Judge [Samuel] Alito has excused abusive actions by the authorities that intrude on the personal privacy and freedoms of average Americans.
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