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

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

Edward Kennedy quotes: It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Use every tool in our arsenal to ensure that his nomination is rejected again this year.

Use every tool in our arsenal to ensure that his nomination is rejected again this year.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

Edward Kennedy quotes: We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

Edward Kennedy quotes: 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?

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?

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

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

Edward Kennedy quotes: Have faith in yourself and in the future.

Have faith in yourself and in the future.

Edward Kennedy quotes: The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Our struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown. Although it often seems that way.

Our struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown. Although it often seems that way.

Edward Kennedy quotes: What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.

Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.

Edward Kennedy quotes: I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

Edward Kennedy quotes: We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

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

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

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

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

Edward Kennedy quotes: I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

Edward Kennedy quotes: 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.

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.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare

Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare

Edward Kennedy quotes: We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.

We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Health care is a right, not a privilege.

Health care is a right, not a privilege.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.

Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.

Edward Kennedy quotes: The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

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

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

Edward Kennedy quotes: Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

Edward Kennedy quotes: We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest ...

We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest ...

Edward Kennedy quotes: I favor access to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

I favor access to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Floating screw - that's what people used to call me.

Floating screw - that's what people used to call me.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

Edward Kennedy quotes: That is a pretty big deal from a commitment standpoint.

That is a pretty big deal from a commitment standpoint.

Edward Kennedy quotes: It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

Edward Kennedy quotes: I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.

I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.

Edward Kennedy quotes: 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.

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.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Even one justice can advance or reverse the progress of our journey.

Even one justice can advance or reverse the progress of our journey.

Edward Kennedy quotes: The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

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

Edward Kennedy quotes: The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

Edward Kennedy quotes: [W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

Edward Kennedy quotes: She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life.

She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life.

Edward Kennedy quotes: Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

Edward Kennedy quotes: No one who works for a living should live in poverty.

No one who works for a living should live in poverty.

Edward Kennedy quotes: 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.

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.