Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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.
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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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We can master change not though force or fear, but only though the free work of an understanding mind, though an openness to new knowledge and fresh outlooks, which can only strengthen the most fragile and most powerful of human gifts: the gift of reason.
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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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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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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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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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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you 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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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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 dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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