Quotes by Patrick J. Kennedy - Page 1

I am a recovering alcoholic.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Alcoholics
Recovering
Recovering Alcoholics
I Am Am
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My mother is still battling alcoholism.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Alcoholism
Mother
Stills
Battling
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Procrastination is a sign of a perfectionist.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Perfectionist
Procrastination
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We could have a budget that brings Americans together.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Brings
Budget
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You don't fight cancer with grants, or heart disease with grants.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Cancer
Fighting
Heart
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Hungry
Basis
Households
Regular Basis
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In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Justice For All
Liberty
Owners
Pledge
One Nation
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My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Average
Children
England
New England
Poverty
Rate
Above
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The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
War
Battleground
Keys
Mind
Terrorism
American Public
Minds
Therefore
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No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Addiction
Class
Immune
People
Race
Afflicts
Ages
Classes
Professions
Races
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And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Government
Communicate
Homeland
Homeland Security
Central
Government Security Homeland
Responds
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Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Dependent
Facts
Higher
Notion
People
Risk
Insurance
Ratings
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I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Discrimination
Opposing
Policy
Racist
Sex
Unions
Marriages
Same-Sex
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Class
Class Status
Ifs
Provide
Second-Class
Status
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People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Addiction
People
Real
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A staggering 63 percent of Americans say that addiction to alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in their lives.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Addiction
Alcohol
Impact
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Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Change
Society
Behavior
Creating
Division
Manipulate
Psychological
Terrorism
Trying
Uncertainty
Warfare
Us
Try
Terrorists
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On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Communication
Amplify
Assets
Resilience
Risk
Good Strength Great
American Public
Tap
Possesses
Strategies
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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 / Former U.s. Representative
Determine
Disaster
People
Terrorist
Tragedy
Way
All-Out
Attack
Respond
Terrorist Attack
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Depression
Different
Employers
Gdp
Productivity
Years
Billion
Period
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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 / Former U.s. Representative
Funny
Graduation
Inspirational
Children
Percent
Working Class
Graduate
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Giving
Indication
Organization
People
Steps
Terror
Alert
Assist
Bill
Organizations
Requires
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Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Government
America
Believe
Defined
Democrats
Reflect
Throughout
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Concerned
Country
Greater
Investing
Ought
People
Resources
Taxpayers
Contribute
Country People More
Generating
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Opportunity
Believe
Budgets
Principles
Should Have
Basic
Talents
Excel
God-Given
Opportunities
Reflected
Survive
To Survive
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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 / Former U.s. Representative
Absence
Broken
Children
Custody
Treatment
Years
Parents Children Way
American Families
Apart
Children Parents Way
Insurance
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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 / Former U.s. Representative
Abundance
Add
Franklin
Littles
Progress
Reconciliation
Fails
Franklin Roosevelt
Package
Provide
Roosevelt
Test
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Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Achieve
Administration
Assurance
Goal
Iraq
Progress
Standards
Measure
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Our contention is not that medication alone is the answer. We really need to have it in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy and with peer support. And that needs to be reimbursed [by health insurers], because it shows huge reductions in overall spending.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Needs
Peers
Support
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Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Leadership
Administration
Approach
Armenian Genocide
Genocide
Last Year
Objections
Remains
Resolution
Turkeys
Years
Armenian
Confirmed
Congressional
Due
Moreover
Opposed
Sends
Signal
Turkey
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I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Believe
Civil Liberties
Liberty
National Security
Oversight
Responsibility
Security
Work Believe I Believe
Addressing
Work Believe Responsibility
Assert
Basic
Carrying
Civil
Congressional
Grave
Liberties
Protecting
Requires
Successfully
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Opioid replacement therapy is the standard evidence-based model to treat people with acute opioid addiction, and that is unassailable according to every research study that's been done. If that is the evidence-based model, then why can't we meet the large-scale need that's out there? We can't because one, there aren't enough doctors who can prescribe [drugs like methadone], and two, there are these artificial limits [by insurers] on who doctors can prescribe to.
Patrick J. Kennedy / Former U.s. Representative
Doctors
People
Two
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