Tag: Robert Kennedy
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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
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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
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Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.
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Within the United States, we have put great emphasis upon political freedoms. Because it has been our experience that these freedoms can lead to others.
Robert Kennedy
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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.
Robert Kennedy
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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
Robert Kennedy
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I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best.
Robert Kennedy
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Every generation inherits a world it never made; and, as it does so, it automatically becomes the trustee of that world for those who come after. In due course, each generation makes its own accounting to its children.
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It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.
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Our scientists grapple with the difficulties of placing a man on the moon, but the immediately troubling concern of our society is whether men of different races can sit together at a lunch counter.
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