What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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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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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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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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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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