Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
ROBERT KENNEDYIt is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
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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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It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
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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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We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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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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Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.
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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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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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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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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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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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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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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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GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
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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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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
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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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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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The natural state of a human being is dignity.
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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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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