Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
ROBERT KENNEDYIf freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion or of dissent which he so stridently demands for himself. He cannot trust democracy.
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The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.
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He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he’s telling the truth. He just doesn’t recognize truth or falsehood.
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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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You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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