Edward M. Kennedy: “The Secretary was directly informed by the Red Cross about some of these allegations and abuses that took place in the…”

Congress will not and should not fund a program if it is unsuccessful.

The only congressman you’ll get to talk to is Teddy Fucking Kennedy.

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

We're going to come back. As you know, you know, it took for Africans-Americans, for gay Americans, for women, the struggle for equal rights and justice took many, many years and so, too, it is in the disability rights movement.