While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
ROBERT KENNEDYEvery society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
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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.
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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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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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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 sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
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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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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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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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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.
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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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