For students today, only 10 percent of c... by Patrick J. Kennedy

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For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

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War

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Disaster Tragedy People

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

God

In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

People

No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Absence Years

In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Progress

Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

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