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?
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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Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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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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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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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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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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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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The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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 knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
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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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What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
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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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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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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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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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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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