There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
ROSE KENNEDYThere can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
ROSE KENNEDYIt has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
ROSE KENNEDYMake sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
ROSE KENNEDYIf you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation.
ROSE KENNEDYNow I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.
ROSE KENNEDYMoney is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity.
ROSE KENNEDYNo one will ever feel sorry for me.
ROSE KENNEDYMake sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
ROSE KENNEDYSedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
ROSE KENNEDYI have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
ROSE KENNEDYThe time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
ROSE KENNEDYIt’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
ROSE KENNEDYProsperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
ROSE KENNEDYWhat greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
ROSE KENNEDYMy father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
ROSE KENNEDYIt’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please.
ROSE KENNEDY