“Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product...if we should judge the United States of America by that - counts air pollution… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“the President was deciding, for the U.S., the Soviet Union, Turkey, NATO, and really for all mankind….” — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“First is the danger of futility; the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world's ills — against misery and ignorance, injustice and violence. Yet many of the world's great movements, of thought and action, have flowed from the work of a single man. A young monk began the Protestant… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share
“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability. [Report to the United States Senate on his trip to… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share
“Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right—not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom,… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and dignity - that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share
“But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, this bond… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share
“That was the beginning of the Cuban missile crisis—a confrontation between the two giant atomic nations, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., which brought the… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The responsibility of our time is nothing less than a revolution. A revolution that would be peaceful if we are wise enough; humane if… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“What my father said about businessmen applies to liberals ... They're sons of bitches. The people who are selfish are interested in their own… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
