Ted Kennedy: In His Own Words

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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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