Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential,… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated.… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Prejudice exists and probably will continue to 'but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share
