The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
ROBERT KENNEDYOnly those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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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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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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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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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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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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.
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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 the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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