--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Robert Kennedy" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Robert Kennedy. Plus more from Robert Kennedy and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/robert-kennedy-2083_failing_if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail-20030_2003034.jpg" --- > [If you never quit, youll never fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/robert-kennedy-2083_failing_if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail-20030_2003034.jpg) > [We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-denied-the-rights-of-all-are/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/robert-kennedy-2083_denied_we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-den_658601.jpg) > [I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/i-love-this-city-if-i-am-elected-i-ll-move-the-white-house-to-san/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/robert-kennedy-2083_cities_i-love-this-city-if-i-am-elected-i-ll-mo_1776167.jpg) > [Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/perhaps-to-some-extent-we-have-lost-sight-of-the-fact-that-lsd-can-be/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/robert-kennedy-2083_facts_perhaps-to-some-extent-we-have-lost-sigh_953054.jpg) > [I love this city. If I'm elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco. I went to Fisherman's Wharf and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/i-love-this-city-if-i-m-elected-i-will-move-the-white-house-to-san/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/robert-kennedy-2083_baghdad_i-love-this-city-if-i-m-elected-i-will-m_950496.jpg) > [If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-freedom-makes-social-progress-possible-so-social-progress/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/robert-kennedy-2083_adventure_if-freedom-makes-social-progress-possibl_70082.jpg) > [ The \[next\] priority for change the first element of a new politics for the United States is in our policy toward the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-next-priority-for-change-the-first-element-of-a-new-politics-for/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/robert-kennedy-2083_change_the-next-priority-for-change-the-first-e_1428937.jpg) > [If communist unions ever gain a position to exercise influence in the transport lanes of the world, the free world will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-communist-unions-ever-gain-a-position-to-exercise-influence-in-the/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/robert-kennedy-2083_blow_if-communist-unions-ever-gain-a-position_1655865.jpg) > [If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-our-constitution-had-followed-the-style-of-saint-paul-the-first/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/robert-kennedy-2083_amendments_if-our-constitution-had-followed-the-sty_3126717.jpg) > [And as long as America must choose, that long will there be a need and a place for the Democratic Party. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/and-as-long-as-america-must-choose-that-long-will-there-be-a-need-and/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/robert-kennedy-2083_action_and-as-long-as-america-must-choose-that_895613.jpg) > [About one month before he was killed, when asked by David Frost how his obituary should read: Something about the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/about-one-month-before-he-was-killed-when-asked-by-david-frost-how/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/robert-kennedy-2083_children_about-one-month-before-he-was-killed-whe_822041.jpg) > [People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/people-are-selfish-but-they-can-also-be-compassionate-and-generous/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/robert-kennedy-2083_care_people-are-selfish-but-they-can-also-be_394979.jpg) > [...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-we-want-to-meet-the-obligations-of-our-civilization-and-our/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/robert-kennedy-2083_air_if-we-want-to-meet-the-obligations-of-ou_690769.jpg) > [Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/virginia-states-rights-as-our-forefathers-conceived-it-was-a/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/robert-kennedy-2083_betrayed_virginia-states-rights-as-our-forefather_2826029.jpg) > [But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/but-we-can-perhaps-remember-if-only-for-a-time-that-those-who-live-2/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/robert-kennedy-2083_brother_but-we-can-perhaps-remember-if-only-for_2667363.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/robert-kennedy/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Robert Kennedy", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you never quit, youll never fail.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kennedy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/robert-kennedy-2083_failing_if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail-20030_2003034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/robert-kennedy-2083_failing_if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail-20030_2003034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/robert-kennedy-2083_failing_if-you-never-quit-youll-never-fail-20030_2003034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you never quit, youll never fail.” — Robert Kennedy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kennedy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-denied-the-rights-of-all-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/robert-kennedy-2083_denied_we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-den_658601.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/robert-kennedy-2083_denied_we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-den_658601.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/robert-kennedy-2083_denied_we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-den_658601.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.” — Robert Kennedy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love this city. 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We Democrats can run on our record but we cannot rest on it. We will win if we continue to take the initiative and if we carry the message of hope and action throughout the country. Alexander Smith once said, 'A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.' Let us continue to plant, and our children shall reap the harvest. 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