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.
ROBERT KENNEDYThere are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
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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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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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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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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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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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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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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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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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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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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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