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Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning. I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.
Robert Kennedy quotes: In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth. In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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? 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Killing one man is murder. Killing millions is a statistic Killing one man is murder. Killing millions is a statistic
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly. Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly.
Robert Kennedy quotes: You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution. You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I'm tired of chasing people. I'm tired of chasing people.
Robert Kennedy quotes: GDP does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play GDP does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor. I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Your life can be anything you want it to be. Your life can be anything you want it to be.
Robert Kennedy quotes: It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business. It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.
Robert Kennedy quotes: It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Every 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. Every 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.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced. Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.
Robert Kennedy quotes: My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children. My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: It is immoral to see evil and not act on it. It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The tyranny of Communism is as old as the Pharaohs and the Pyramids - that the State stands above all men and their individual aspirations. 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 quotes: The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands. The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly. 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 quotes: We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered. We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The natural state of a human being is dignity. The natural state of a human being is dignity.
Robert Kennedy quotes: In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation. In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware. I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.
Robert Kennedy quotes: While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government. While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. 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 quotes: After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all. After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all.
Robert Kennedy quotes: It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain
Robert Kennedy quotes: All of us might wish at times... All of us might wish at times...
Robert Kennedy quotes: Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Lack of education, old age, bad health or discrimination - these are causes of poverty, and the way to attack it is to go to the root. Lack of education, old age, bad health or discrimination - these are causes of poverty, and the way to attack it is to go to the root.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind. I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches. Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world. I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.
Robert Kennedy quotes: When companies get together secretly to fix prices and attempt to eliminate competition, honest businessmen suffer. I think this is wrong. When companies get together secretly to fix prices and attempt to eliminate competition, honest businessmen suffer. I think this is wrong.
Robert Kennedy quotes: If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest. I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Freedom possesses many meanings. It speaks not merely in terms of political and religious liberty but also in terms of economic and social progress. Freedom possesses many meanings. It speaks not merely in terms of political and religious liberty but also in terms of economic and social progress.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I have told friends and supporters who are urging me to run that I would not oppose President Johnson under any foreseeable circumstances. I have told friends and supporters who are urging me to run that I would not oppose President Johnson under any foreseeable circumstances.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Send forth a tiny ripple of hope. Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Robert Kennedy quotes: From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life.
Robert Kennedy quotes: GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
Robert Kennedy quotes: Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope. Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Robert Kennedy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant. The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.
Robert Kennedy quotes: What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Now I can go back to being ruthless again. Now I can go back to being ruthless again.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive. I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and the distance of half a world loses its meaning. Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and the distance of half a world loses its meaning.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them. Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.
Robert Kennedy quotes: In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society. 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 quotes: Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?' Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?'
Robert Kennedy quotes: One of the great creative statesmen of our age was Franklin Roosevelt. He was creative precisely because he preferred experiment to ideology. One of the great creative statesmen of our age was Franklin Roosevelt. He was creative precisely because he preferred experiment to ideology.
Robert Kennedy quotes: If you never quit, youll never fail. If you never quit, youll never fail.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions. Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.
Robert Kennedy quotes: A life without criticism is not worth living. A life without criticism is not worth living.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness. The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
Robert Kennedy quotes: I dream of things that are not and ask why not. I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Oh no, oh no ... don't lift me, don't lift me. Oh no, oh no ... don't lift me, don't lift me.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.
Robert Kennedy quotes: All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order. All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Some men see the world as it is and say 'Why?' I see the world as it could be and say, 'Why not?' 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 quotes: Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world. Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy. The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives. Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
Robert Kennedy quotes: The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away. 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 quotes: In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie. In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.
Robert Kennedy quotes: Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.' Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.'
Robert Kennedy quotes: I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly. I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly.
Robert Kennedy quotes: To the extent that laws are founded on morality and on logic, they can lead men's hearts and minds. To the extent that laws are founded on morality and on logic, they can lead men's hearts and minds.

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