Ted Kennedy: In His Own Words
Terry Ashe for TIME
"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
make this nation safe for both democracy and diversity."
From his speech "Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America," given at Liberty Baptist College in Lynchburg, Va., on Oct. 3, 1983
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