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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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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
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Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.
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I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world.
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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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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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The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.
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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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[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.
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I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.
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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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We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest.
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In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close cases Judge [Samuel] Alito has ruled the vast majority of the time against the claims of the individual citizens. He has acted instead in favor of government, large corporations and other powerful interests.
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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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Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?
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That is a pretty big deal from a commitment standpoint.
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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
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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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The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.
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Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
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A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.
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