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Our lives on this planet are too short and the work to be done too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in our land. (Robert F. Kennedy)
What is important is that all nations must march toward increasing freedom; toward justice for all; toward a society strong and flexible enough to meet the demands of all its own people, and a world of immense and dizzying change. View quote
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Only earthbound man still clings to the dark and poisoning superstition that his world is bounded by the nearest hill, his universe ends at river shore, his common humanity is enclosed in the tight circle of those who share his town or his views and the color of his skin. View quote
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It is not realistic or hardheaded to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values. View quote
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If we would lead outside our borders, if we would help those who need our assistance, if we would meet our responsibilities to mankind, we must first, all of us, demolish the borders which history has erected between men within our own nations - barriers of race and religion, social class and ignorance. View quote
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Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again. View quote
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We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others. View quote
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All do not develop in the same manner, or at the same pace. Nations, like men, often march to the beat of different drummers, and the precise solutions. View quote
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Science began as one of the noblest expressions of man's reason. It will continue to serve humanity so long as it never forgets that human beings remain the heart of its purpose. View quote
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One of the primary purposes of civilization - and certainly its primary strength - is the guarantee that family life can flourish in unity, peace, and order. View quote
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Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches. (Robert F. 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. View quote
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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? View quote
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Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and the distance of half a world loses its meaning. View quote
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The history of antitrust law enforcement shows that successful antitrust prosecutions have often strengthened and brought vitality to extremely large companies and businesses. View quote
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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. View quote
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The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy. View quote
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From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. View quote
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We must continue to prove to the world that we can provide a rising standard of living for all men without loss of civil rights or human dignity to any man. View quote
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Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. View quote
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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 F. Kennedy)
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. View quote
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Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives. View quote
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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. View quote
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If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. View quote
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