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.
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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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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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 natural state of a human being is dignity.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
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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 know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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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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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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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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