Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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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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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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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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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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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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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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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
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