People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
ROBERT KENNEDYSend forth a tiny ripple of hope.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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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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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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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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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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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
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I dream of things that are not 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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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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