Ted Kennedy, curtesy OurCommonConcern.com
“His ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives: in seniors who know new dignity; in families who know new opportunity; in children who know education’s promise; and in all who can pursue their dream in an America that is more equal and more just, including myself.”
A United States Senator since 1962, Ted Kennedy lived by the words of his brothers.
At his inauguration, Friday, Jan. 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy said, “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
While campaigning for President in 1968, his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy, said “There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were and ask why not.”
America should not reform its health care system because Ted Kennedy would have wanted it. America should reform its health care system because it’s broken. Senator Kennedy knew this and knew how to fix it. In his own words, “We are all part of the American family and we have a responsibility to help members of that family when they are in need.” He also said, “It is better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.
One question remains: If Kennedy was opposed to Cape Wind, why? Is the answer here?