Author: Robert Kennedy

Quotes

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

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

- Robert Kennedy

Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

- Robert Kennedy

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.

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

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

- Robert Kennedy

No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.

No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.

- Robert Kennedy

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

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

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

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

- Robert Kennedy

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