Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
ROBERT KENNEDYProgress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
ROBERT KENNEDYThis much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
ROBERT KENNEDYYou 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.
ROBERT KENNEDYAlways forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
ROBERT KENNEDYI dream of things that are not and ask why not.
ROBERT KENNEDYSome men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
ROBERT KENNEDYEach 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.
ROBERT KENNEDYWhat has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
ROBERT KENNEDYIndustrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe 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.
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery 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.
ROBERT KENNEDYPeople say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
ROBERT KENNEDYMen 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.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
ROBERT KENNEDY