Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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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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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion or of dissent which he so stridently demands for himself. He cannot trust democracy.
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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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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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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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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
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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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Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
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