Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.
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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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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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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
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Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
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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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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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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
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