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We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

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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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There is no morality in the mushroom cloud. The black rain of nuclear ashes will fall alike on the just and the unjust. And then it will be too late to wish that we had done the real work of this atomic age, which is to seek a world that is neither red nor dead.
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There is no safety in hiding. Like my brothers before me, I pick up a fallen standard. Sustained by the memory of our priceless years together, I shall try to carry forward that special commitment to justice, excellence and courage that distinguished their lives.
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My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
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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 have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.
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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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Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
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Under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility. They abuse their power, conceal their actions from the American people, and refuse to hold officials accountable.
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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 have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.
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