Every 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.
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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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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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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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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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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
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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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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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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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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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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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