Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
ROBERT KENNEDYVictims 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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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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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.
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
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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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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
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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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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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It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.
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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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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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