There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
ROSE KENNEDYWhen you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it’s a tremendous responsibility.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
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My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn’t understand either men or percentages.
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Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.
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Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
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I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
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Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father’s time, a politician’s home was still his castle.
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I am just an old-fashioned girl.
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Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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It’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please.
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I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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I will never forgive Joe for that awful operation he had performed on Rosemary. It is the only thing I have ever felt bitter toward him about.
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In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
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It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
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