I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
ROBERT KENNEDYAll of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?
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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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Just because we cannot see clearly the end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey. On the contrary, great change dominates the world, and unless we move with change we will become its victims.
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This much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.
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What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
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Men 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.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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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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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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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send 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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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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