The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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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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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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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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You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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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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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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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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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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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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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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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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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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