Unions, by and large, are democratic organizations with freely chosen leaders and policies determined by the membership. They concern themselves with individual… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe indeterminate sentencing can be extremely useful, but I also believe that any such system should always take into consideration the… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
President Kennedy has named two Negroes to District Judgeships and appointed Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals. When I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
