Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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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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Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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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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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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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.
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The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
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