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But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?

Robert Kennedy

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Community Excellence Material Surrender Value
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 KENNEDY

Attitude Destroy Himself Myself Opinion People Talk
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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Fake Lying Recognition Truth
Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Confusion Direction Religion Slave
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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Believe Evil Myself Poverty Quantity
Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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Hope One Liner
If you never quit, youll never fail.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Failure Fall Quit Yourself
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

Beg Earn Grant Refusal
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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Domination Journey Light Reason Victim World
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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Activity Body Commitment Enough Future Human See Shape Task Understand Willing
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Guide Live Tools Tragedy Wisdom
The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Achievement Challenge Future Generation Gift Present
It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Act Evil Immortal See
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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Blend Commitment Courage Future Personal Reason Satisfaction Vision
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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Believe Myself People Poverty
The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Better Contribution Life Purpose Way

But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?

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