Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
ROBERT KENNEDYUltimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
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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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The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion or of dissent which he so stridently demands for himself. He cannot trust democracy.
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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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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.
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Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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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.
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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