“We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand… — 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… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us… — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“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
