It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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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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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
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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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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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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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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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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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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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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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