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Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’

Robert Kennedy

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.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Blend Commitment Courage Future Personal Reason Satisfaction Vision
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion or of dissent which he so stridently demands for himself. He cannot trust democracy.
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Demand Democracy Freedom Himself Man Opinion Persuade Tolerance Trust
Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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Hope Ideal Stand Time
You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Greatness Happiness Yourself
We 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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Change Fear Force Freedom Fresh Gift Human Master Powerful Reason Strength Work
Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
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Confusion Direction Religion Slave
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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Adventure Freedom Humanity Possible Separate Social
What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.
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Alone Country Ourselves World
But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?
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God Live Ourselves Response White
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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Dreams Myself Question Sight
It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Act Evil Immortal See
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
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Essence Personal Public Responsibility
A life without criticism is not worth living.
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Criticism Life Live Worth
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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Activity Body Commitment Enough Future Human See Shape Task Understand Willing
Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.
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Account Industry Pollution Water
If you never quit, youll never fail.
ROBERT KENNEDY

Failure Fall Quit Yourself

Some men see what is, and ask ‘Why?’ I see what might be, and ask ‘Why Not?’

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