Government Quotes by Robert Kennedy

10 Government quotes by Robert Kennedy

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Robert Kennedy’s ten brief reflections on the state echo his commitment to public service and social justice. He offers a concise, uplifting vision of what government can strive to become.

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All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.

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While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

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It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their courts…

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[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time,…

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We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the…

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Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the…

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The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just…

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I don't believe newspaper reporters can substitute for a district attorney, but a newspaper has a very valid investigative role. Newspaper reports…

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We must recognize the full human equality of all our people - before God, before the law, and in the councils of…

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Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against…

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Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.

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If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.

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Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou…

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The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of…

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Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life…

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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…

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Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated.…

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Prejudice exists and probably will continue to 'but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to…

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Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

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In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.

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We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what…

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Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

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