“My babies were rocked to political lullabies.”
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make. I have lived in a blessed time.”
- Edward M. Kennedy, (D-Mass) December 2008, receiving an honorary degree from Harvard.
“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.”
- Edward M. Kennedy, 1980 Democratic Convention, August 1980 ending his campaign for the Presidency.
“Those of us who loved him and take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will someday come to pass forall the world”
- Edward M. Kennedy, June 1968, Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy
“He was the survivor. He was not a shining star that burned brightly and faded away. He had a long, steady glow. When you survey the impact on the Kennedys on American life and politics and policy, he will end up by far being the most significant.”
- Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
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"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 M. Kennedy
Even the brightest stars burn out, implode or turn into a black hole that sucks up all the light around it for billions of years. - RedLeg
"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 M. Kennedy
Even the brightest stars burn out, implode or turn into a black hole that sucks up all the light around it for billions of years. - RedLeg