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 KENNEDYHe 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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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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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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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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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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. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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