Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
ROBERT KENNEDYThe 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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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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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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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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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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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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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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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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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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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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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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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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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