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.
ROBERT KENNEDYToo much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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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?
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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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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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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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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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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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