I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
ROBERT KENNEDYWe 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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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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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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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I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
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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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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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The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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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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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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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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Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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