--- title: "2 Air pollution Quotes By Robert F. Kennedy" description: "2 Air pollution quotes by Robert F. Kennedy. Plus more from Robert F. Kennedy and more Air pollution sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/robert-f-kennedy-29776_air-pollution_even-if-we-act-to-erase-material-poverty_942388.jpg" --- > [“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and dignity - that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/even-if-we-act-to-erase-material-poverty-there-is-another-greater-2/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/robert-f-kennedy-29776_air-pollution_even-if-we-act-to-erase-material-poverty_942388.jpg) > [“Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product...if we should judge the United States of America by that - counts air pollution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/too-much-and-too-long-we-seem-to-have-surrendered-community-2/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/robert-f-kennedy-29776_air-pollution_too-much-and-too-long-we-seem-to-have-su_3146669.jpg) ## More by Robert F. Kennedy > [“the President was deciding, for the U.S., the Soviet Union, Turkey, NATO, and really for all mankind….”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/the-president-was-deciding-for-the-u-s-the-soviet-union-turkey-nato/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“First is the danger of futility; the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/first-is-the-danger-of-futility-the-belief-there-is-nothing-one-man/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/a-revolution-is-coming-a-revolution-which-will-be-peaceful-if-we-are/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/few-will-have-the-greatness-to-bend-history-itself-but-each-of-us-can/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right—not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/our-goal-is-not-the-victory-of-might-but-the-vindication-of-right-not/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“Change has it's enemies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/change-has-it-s-enemies/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/even-if-we-act-to-erase-material-poverty-there-is-another-greater-2/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/but-we-can-perhaps-remember-if-only-for-a-time-that-those-who-live/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“That was the beginning of the Cuban missile crisis—a confrontation between the two giant atomic nations, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., which brought the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/that-was-the-beginning-of-the-cuban-missile-crisis-a-confrontation/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“The responsibility of our time is nothing less than a revolution. A revolution that would be peaceful if we are wise enough; humane if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/the-responsibility-of-our-time-is-nothing-less-than-a-revolution-a/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“But the greatest danger of all would be to do nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/but-the-greatest-danger-of-all-would-be-to-do-nothing/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“What my father said about businessmen applies to liberals ... They're sons of bitches. The people who are selfish are interested in their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/what-my-father-said-about-businessmen-applies-to-liberals-they-re/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/i-did-not-lie-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-problems-of-negroes/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/we-can-move-in-that-direction-as-a-country-in-greater-polarization/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) > [“We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/we-must-admit-the-vanity-of-our-false-distinctions-among-men-and/) [Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air-pollution/robert-f-kennedy/#itemlist", "name": "2 Air pollution Quotes By Robert F. Kennedy", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and dignity - that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product - if we judge the United States of America by that - that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. 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