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title: "2 Disapproval Quotes By Robert Kennedy"
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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/few-men-are-willing-to-brave-the-disapproval-of-their-fellows-the/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

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> [Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/yet-it-is-the-one-essential-vital-quality-for-those-who-seek-to/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

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## More by Robert Kennedy

> [Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/wars-of-any-magnitude-release-powerful-social-and-economic-forces/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-freedom-makes-social-progress-possible-so-social-progress/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/goethe-tells-us-in-his-greatest-poem-that-faust-lost-the-liberty-of/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-intolerant-man-will-not-rely-on-persuasion-or-on-the-worth-of-the/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/let-us-dedicate-ourselves-to-what-the-greeks-wrote-so-many-years-ago/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/president-kennedy-s-election-was-such-an-enlargement-it-expanded/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/men-and-women-with-freed-minds-may-often-be-mistaken-but-they-are/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Prejudice exists and probably will continue to 'but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/prejudice-exists-and-probably-will-continue-to-but-we-have-tried-to/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/too-much-and-too-long-we-seem-to-have-surrendered-community/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/in-the-final-analysis-poverty-is-a-condition-of-helplessness-of/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/we-know-that-we-cannot-live-together-without-rules-which-tell-us-what/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/punishment-is-not-prevention-history-offers-cold-comfort-to-those-who/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-travail-of-freedom-and-justice-is-not-easy-but-nothing-serious/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-measures-neither-our-wit-nor-our-courage/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

> [Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/our-future-may-lie-beyond-our-vision-but-it-is-not-completely-beyond/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

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