It is more important to be of service than successful. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Important Copy Share Image
The law in the United States, in every jurisdiction until about 1876, was that if a factory put smoke into the air,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Air Copy Share Image
I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Environment Copy Share Image
There are two reforms that we need to restore our democracy. The first is campaign finance. We need to get the corporate… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Agency Copy Share Image
When Wal-Mart brings water down to the Katrina victims, it's not doing that to be nice; it's doing it to make larger… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Action Copy Share Image
American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr American democracy Copy Share Image
Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr American democracy Copy Share Image
Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution. Two years ago, Pfiesteria outbreaks connected with wastes from industrial chicken… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Accounts Copy Share Image
There are really only two stories the coal industry tells: "Coal keeps the lights on, and by implication, you'll live in medieval,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Alternatives Copy Share Image
The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Assets Copy Share Image
What polluters do is raise the standards of living for themselves, while lowering the quality of living for everybody else, and they… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Discipline Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's more important to change politicians than light bulbs. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Bulbs Copy Share Image
I don't even consider myself an environmentalist anymore. I'm a free-marketer. I go out into the marketplace and I catch the polluters… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Cheating Copy Share Image
We do not have free market capitalism in America; we have crony capitalism. There is a huge difference between free market capitalism… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr America Copy Share Image
“Like other Americans, I've reconciled myself to the idea that an animal's life has been sacified to bring me a meal of… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Animal Copy Share Image
The environment is the most important, the most fundamental, civil-rights issue.... Four out of every five toxic-waste dumps in America is in… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr America Copy Share Image
We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Bird Copy Share Image
Most Americans don't know about environmental problems, because we have in our country a negligent and indolent press. The biggest lie that… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Country Copy Share Image
We know more about Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] than we do about global warming. We're the most entertained, least informed people… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Cruise Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with corporations. Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government. Corporations are good… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Corporations Copy Share Image
The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Complicity Copy Share Image
I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr 17th century Copy Share Image
We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Company Copy Share Image
In a true free market economy, you can't make yourself rich without enriching your community. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Community Copy Share Image
Now we are all learning what it's like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence... Our destructive addiction has given us… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Addiction Copy Share Image