Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
ROBERT KENNEDYThe enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.
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Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated. They may be perplexed, but they will never be lost.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.
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If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.
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But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?
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Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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