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Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for over 40 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history, having served there for almost 47 years. For many years, Ted Kennedy was the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family; he was also the last surviving, longest-living, and youngest son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. He was the youngest brother of John F. Kennedy—the 35th President of the United States—and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassination, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.

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The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.

Death, Disarmament, Monument, Nuclear Disarmament, Science, Stands

What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system.

Care, Disease, States, System, United, United States

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.

Good, Ideas, Loving Someone, Marriage, Respect, Views

I believe that the Constitution is not hostile to the idea that national problems can be solved at the national level through the cooperative efforts of the three coequal branches of government, the Congress, the executive and courts. But not every president, not every legislator and not every judge agrees that the federal government has the power to address and to try to remedy the twin national problems of poverty and access to equal opportunity.

Address, Believe, Efforts, Government, Judging, Opportunity

My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered 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.

Brother, Death, Heal, Idealized, Men, War

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.

Alter, Day, Justice, Meaning, People, Rights

The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.

Citizens, Essential, Essentials, Feelings, Obligation, Sincerity

With Barack Obama, we will turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion. With Barack Obama we will close the book on the old politics of race against race, gender against gender, ethnic group against ethnic group, and straight against gay.

Barack, Book, Gay, Misrepresentation, Race

In fact, the legal system is in part responsible for their very size and growth. And too often when the individual finds himself in conflict with these forces, the legal system sides with the giant institution, not the small businessman or private citizen.

Citizens, Giant, Giants, Growth, Legal, Responsible

The stark and tragic images of human suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reminded us yet again that civil rights and equal rights are still the great unfinished business of America. The suffering has been disproportionately borne by the weak, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and largely African-Americans, who were forced by poverty, illness, unequal opportunity to stay behind and bear the brunt of the storm's winds and floods. I believe that kind of disparate impact is morally wrong in this, the richest country in the world.

Believe, Country, Largely, Opportunity, Richest, Suffering

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.

Responsibility, People, Accountability, Openness, Refuse

When I look at that record in light of the 1985 job application to the [Ronald] Reagan Justice Department, it's even more troubling. That document lays out an ideological agenda that highlights Judge Samuel Alito in belonging to an alumni group at Princeton that opposed the admission of women and proposed to curb the admission of racial minorities.

Belonging, Jobs, Justice, Light, Minorities, Opposed

It is a moral issue how we are going to treat workers. On these issues, these are moral issues, principled issues, where there aren't compromises.

Compromise, Compromises, Issue, Issues, Moral, Treat

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

Constitution, Disagree, Doe, Protect, Views

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.

America, Doubt, Hope, President, Religious

I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.

Brought, Fallen, Home, Life, Short

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Comparison, Diversity, Divides, Pale, Unites

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

Everyone, Inclusion, Nation, Opportunities, Opportunity, Society

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

Conservative, Country, Financial, Individuals, Wealthiest

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

Losing, Politics, Sports, Think, Thinking

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