There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
ROBERT KENNEDYI believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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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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Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
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Few 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.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
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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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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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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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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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