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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.

Robert Kennedy

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Enemy Forgiveness Name
I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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Aware Obligation Stay Thinking
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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Bend Change Generation Greatness History Small Work
Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.
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Correct Criticism Mistake People Repression Strangle
Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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Account Industry Pollution Water
The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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Better Contribution Life Purpose Way
The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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Children Greatness Man Potential Recognition Truth
GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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Compassionate Exception Life Measurement Wisdom Worth
If you never quit, youll never fail.
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Failure Fall Quit Yourself
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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Fake Lying Recognition Truth
If 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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Adventure Freedom Humanity Possible Separate Social
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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Act Himself Hope Ideal Injustice Man Stand Time
It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Act Evil Immortal See
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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Believe Evil Myself Poverty Quantity
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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Answer Essential Government Humanity People Preserved Protection Race Religion
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Essence Personal Public Responsibility

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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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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