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.
ROBERT KENNEDYIf you never quit, youll never fail.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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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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Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
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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 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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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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?
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?
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