I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.
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Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.
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The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
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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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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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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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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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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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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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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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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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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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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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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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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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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