What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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Each 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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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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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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.
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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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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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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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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.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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