Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
ROBERT KENNEDYIf 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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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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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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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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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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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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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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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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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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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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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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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.
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