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I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.
Robert Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
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Massachusetts
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People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet...
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I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.
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But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
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Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?'
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The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.
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