Edward M. Kennedy

“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.”

“It is possible to love America, and to insist that America live up to its ideals.”

“There is no greater issue than the rights of all our citizens to vote and to have their votes counted.”

“So I am where I am, and I am what I am, and I'll be what I'll be.”

“Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.”

“I believe in a conscience clause. I believe that we should have a health care system that is comprehensive and affordable.”

“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.”

“Health care is the civil rights issue of our time.”

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“The promise of America is a simple promise: Every person shall share in the blessings of this land.”

“If we are ever to stop the vicious cycle of violence, we must do so by helping to end the despair and the hopelessness that gives rise to it.”

“Immigration is the lifeblood of our great nation.”

“We know the future will be shaped by those who share our values, not by those who share our fears.”