The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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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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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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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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The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.
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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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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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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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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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