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Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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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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For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.
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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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Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance a national priority, so that the basic right to health care can finally become a reality for every American.
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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 no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious doubt - or religious belief.
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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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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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[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.
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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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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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I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.
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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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Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.
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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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