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My brother was the first President of the United States to state publicly that segregation was morally wrong. His heart and his soul are in this bill. If his life and death had a meaning, it was that we should not hate but love one another; we should use our powers not to create conditions of oppression that lead to violence, but conditions of freedom that lead to peace.

— Ted Kennedy

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The story of East Bengal will surely be written as one of the greatest nightmares of modern times.

My conduct and conversations during the next several hours, to the extent that I can remember them, make no sense to me at all.

The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the dream lives on.

DNC Speech (2008)

The last thing this country needs is two Republican parties.

When does the greed stop, we ask the other side? That’s the question and that’s the issue.

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