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

Robert Kennedy

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
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Believe Myself People Poverty
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
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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Diversity Freedom Heritage Inspirational Man Religious Tolerance
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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Challenge Difficult Live Opportunity Time World
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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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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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
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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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If you never quit, youll never fail.
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Failure Fall Quit Yourself
The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
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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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In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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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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A life without criticism is not worth living.
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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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