Ted Kennedy: In His Own Words

"There was another time, when another young candidate was running for President and challenging America to cross a new frontier ... My friends, I ask you to join in this historic journey — to have the courage to choose change.
— Endorsing Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for President by likening the Illinois Senator to John F. Kennedy in a speech given at American University in Washington on Jan. 28, 2008

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