Occupation: Former United States Senator Birth: February 22, 1932 Death: August 25, 2009
What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us..
For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope….
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 an….
Through periodic increases over the next three decades under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, the nation achieved one of the fundamen….
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die..
The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an i….
Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits..
My dad said: Now Teddy, you have to make up your mind whether you want to have a constructive and positive attitude and influence on your time. And i….
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?.
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins..
Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance….
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 ….
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 dou….
If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, like Ulysses if you must, to escape the siren calls ….
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree..
Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces. ... Legal im….
Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare.
I hope for an America where we can all contend freely and vigorously, but where we will treasure and guard those standards of civility which alone ma….
I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name..
I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fe….