I've learned powerful lessons about the nature of forgiveness from human rights defenders. For example, for the greater good of his country, Kofi Woods emerged from a torture chamber in Liberia to later defend the very men who had brutalized… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
While the One Child Policy has been effective in drastically reducing Chinese birth rates, the measures adopted in its name have required exhaustive, violent,… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I went to the Convent of the Sacred Heart for four years. It was interesting to me because, in a family where men were… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think that on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality and poverty alleviation, and those issues are so important. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
Dr. King gave his life to peace and justice and reconciliation between people, black and white, rich and poor, and he was a great… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have to tell you, virtually every country I've gone to, the Catholic church is on the cutting edge of social change. Really extraordinary. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are no wealthy people on Rikers Island because if you are wealthy, you go free because you make bail. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I grew up outside of Washington D.C., a town in which the largest industry is government and in which almost everyone I knew was… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
We need autocracies and failing democracies alike to understand that they cannot scapegoat LGBT citizens to distract from their own shortcomings. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
