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Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.
Robert Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
Lawyer
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Brookline
Massachusetts
Bobby Kennedy
RFK
Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
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