The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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.
More Robert Kennedy Quotes
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Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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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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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’
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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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The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
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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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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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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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