It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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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.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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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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The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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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 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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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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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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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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