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.
ROBERT KENNEDYFew will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
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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.
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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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We can master change not though force or fear, but only though the free work of an understanding mind, though an openness to new knowledge and fresh outlooks, which can only strengthen the most fragile and most powerful of human gifts: the gift of reason.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.
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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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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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