Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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.
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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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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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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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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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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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