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Posts: 4978 · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:34 am

Inspirational Ted Kennedy Quotes
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Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy was known for his commitment to public service, his strength in the face of overwhelming family tragedies, and his dedication to liberal causes. Despite controversy in his personal life and setbacks in his political life, Senator Kennedy inspired many. Upon hearing of his death, President Barack Obama said the late senator was “one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy.”

And praise was not limited to those within his party. Republican senator Orrin Hatch of Utah called Senator Kennedy “an iconic, larger-than-life United States senator whose influence cannot be overstated.”

As the nation remembers the Senator, be inspired by these Ted Kennedy quotes taken from his long career as a public figure.

"Yes, we are all Americans. This is what we do. We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I've seen it. I've lived it. And we can do it again."

--Democratic National Convention, August 2008

We Can Rise to a Challenge

"I have seen throughout my life how we as a people can rise to a challenge, embrace change and renew our destiny."

--Accepting an honorary degree from Harvard, December 2008

I Hope for an America

"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."

--A speech at Liberty University, October 1983

Never Take Ourselves Too Seriously

"We have learned that it is important to take issues seriously, but never to take ourselves too seriously."

--Accepting an honorary degree from Harvard, December 2008

I Think About My Brothers

"I think about my brothers every day,"

--An interview with Reuters, 2006

There Is No Safety

"There is no safety in hiding."

--From a speech in Worcester, Mass., August 1968, after the death of his brother Robert

"I recognize my own shortcomings — the faults in the conduct of my private life. I realize that I alone am responsible for them, and I am the one who must confront them. I believe that each of us as individuals must not only struggle to make a better world, but to make ourselves better, too."

--Apologizing to his constituents, Oct. 25, 1991

Reject Doubt

"Let us reject the counsels of doubt and calculation."

--Endorsing Barack Obama, January 2008

The Ideal of Fairness

"The commitment I seek is not to outworn views but to old values that will never wear out. Programs may sometimes become obsolete, but the ideal of fairness always endures. Circumstances may change, but the work of compassion must continue."

--Democratic National Convention, August 1980

The Future Will Outlast Us

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

--Accepting an honorary degree from Harvard, December 2008

The Hope Still Lives

"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die."

--Democratic National Convention, August 1980.