{"id":10,"date":"2009-08-27T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/inspirational-ted-kennedy-quotes.html"},"modified":"2009-08-27T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T14:00:36","slug":"inspirational-ted-kennedy-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/inspirational-ted-kennedy-quotes.html","title":{"rendered":"Inspirational Ted Kennedy Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/TedKennedy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TedKennedy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/08\/TedKennedy-thumb-215x161-7444.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"161\" width=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/span>Later today, I&#8217;m driving out to outer Cape Cod for vacation, but first I have a stop to make&#8211;in Hyannis.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The fact that just as I&#8217;m arriving, the funeral procession carrying Senator Ted Kennedy&#8217;s body is leaving is a coincidence.&nbsp; But I feel like the stop elevates my trip, in that through a banal errand, I get to&#8211;however tangentially&#8211;be part of the solemn ritual of saying goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my esteemed colleagues put together a beautiful gallery of inspirational Ted Kennedy quotes yesterday, so I&#8217;ll share some of them with you now.&nbsp; And then I&#8217;ll head east, passing through a moment of history on my way to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/a-ted-kennedy-thank-you.html\" target=\"_blank\">a little R&amp;R<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The commitment I seek is not to outworn views but to old values<br \/>\nthat will never wear out. Programs may sometimes become obsolete, but<br \/>\nthe ideal of fairness always endures. Circumstances may change, but the<br \/>\nwork of compassion must continue.&#8221; <em>&#8211;Democratic National Convention, August 1980 <\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.&#8221;<em> &#8211;Accepting an honorary degree from Harvard, December 2008 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.&#8221;<em> &#8211;Democratic National Convention, August 1980.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/News\/Politics\/2009\/Ted-Kennedy-Quotes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole Ted Kennedy quotes gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Like what you see?&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe<\/a> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later today, I&#8217;m driving out to outer Cape Cod for vacation, but first I have a stop to make&#8211;in Hyannis.&nbsp; 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