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Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou art so fair. — Robert Kennedy

I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning. — Robert Kennedy

In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth. — Robert Kennedy

If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes? — Robert Kennedy

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy. — Robert Dallek

The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968. — Jeffrey Toobin

I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done. — Robert Kennedy

I see a direct line between Kennedy and Richard Nixon and the opening to China and the detente with the Soviet Union. — Robert Dallek

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. — Robert Kennedy

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives. — Robert Kennedy

Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly. — Robert Kennedy

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. — Robert F. Kennedy

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution. — Robert Kennedy

There were no more heroes. Kennedy was dead, shot by an assassin in Dallas. Batman and Robin were dead... Superman was missing... — Robert Mayer

It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their courts fair treatment before the law. — Robert Kennedy

I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor. — Robert Kennedy

Your life can be anything you want it to be. — Robert Kennedy

It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business. — Robert Kennedy

I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me. — Robert Kennedy

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country. — Robert F. Kennedy

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. — Robert Kennedy

Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced. — Robert Kennedy

My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children. — Robert Kennedy

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. If a large number of our children grow up into frustration and poverty, we must expect to pay the price. — Robert Kennedy

It is immoral to see evil and not act on it. — Robert Kennedy

The tyranny of Communism is as old as the Pharaohs and the Pyramids - that the State stands above all men and their individual aspirations. — Robert Kennedy

The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands. — Robert Kennedy

Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly. — Robert Kennedy

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. — Robert F. Kennedy

The natural state of a human being is dignity. — Robert Kennedy

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. — Robert Kennedy

Don't get mad, get even, — Robert F. Kennedy

Change has it's enemies. — Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront. — David Talbot

A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man. — Robert F. Kennedy

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. — Robert F. Kennedy

The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy. — Robert Kennedy

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain — Robert Kennedy

The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away. — Robert Kennedy

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. — Robert Kennedy

Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives. — Robert Kennedy

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. — Robert F. Kennedy

President Kennedy's eloquence was designed to make men think; President Johnson's hammer blows are designed to make men act. — Robert A. Caro

We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake ... — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.' — Robert Kennedy

I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly. — Robert Kennedy

To the extent that laws are founded on morality and on logic, they can lead men's hearts and minds. — Robert Kennedy

Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

It has been said that each generation must win its own struggle to be free. -Robert F. Kennedy — Naomi Wolf

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness. — Robert Kennedy

Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. — Robert Kennedy

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. — Robert Kennedy

I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware. — Robert Kennedy

In a true free market economy, you can't make yourself rich without enriching your community. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The future is not a gift. It is an achievement. — Robert F. Kennedy

It is more important to be of service than successful. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country has had in its history. — Robert Dallek

Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. — Robert Kennedy

The Republicans are 90% corrupt, and the Democrats are 50% corrupt. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business, — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?' — Robert Kennedy

In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society. — Robert Kennedy

Large-scale hog producers are a greater threat to the United States and U.S. democracy than Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them. — Robert Kennedy

Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and the distance of half a world loses its meaning. — Robert Kennedy

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive. — Robert Kennedy

Now I can go back to being ruthless again. — Robert Kennedy

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. — Robert F. Kennedy

Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it. — Robert F. Kennedy

We protect nature not for nature's sake but for our own sake because it's the infrastructure of our communities ... — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

It is very difficult for [people] to accept the idea that someone as inconsequential as Oswald could have killed someone as consequential as Kennedy. — Robert Dallek

I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our economy. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us. — Robert Kennedy

The only sin is pride. — Robert F. Kennedy

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant. — Robert Kennedy

The eradication of racial and religious prejudice in the United States - and in the rest of the world as well - is a long-term process. — Robert Kennedy

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope. — Robert Kennedy

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. — Robert Kennedy

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? — Robert F. Kennedy

They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do. — Sirhan Sirhan

Some men see the world as it is and say 'Why?' I see the world as it could be and say, 'Why not?' — Robert Kennedy

You don't have to be perfect....just persistent! — Robert Kennedy III

All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order. — Robert Kennedy

Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. — Robert Kennedy

I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing and kayaking. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them. — Ken Livingstone

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie. — Robert Kennedy

Oh no, oh no ... don't lift me, don't lift me. — Robert Kennedy

Robert Frost's triumph was not being at John Kennedy's inauguration ceremony, but the day when he put the last period on West-Running Brook. — Joseph Brodsky

Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world. — Robert Kennedy

I dream of things that are not and ask why not. — Robert Kennedy

GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile — Robert Kennedy

A life without criticism is not worth living. — 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. — Robert F. Kennedy

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions. — Robert Kennedy

If you never quit, youll never fail. — Robert Kennedy

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems ... spastic colitis. — Robert Dallek

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. — Robert F. Kennedy

One of the great creative statesmen of our age was Franklin Roosevelt. He was creative precisely because he preferred experiment to ideology. — Robert Kennedy