This much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.
ROBERT KENNEDYAll 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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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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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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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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 natural state of a human being is dignity.
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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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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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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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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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