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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.

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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.
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All great questions must be raised by great voices, and the greatest voice is the voice of the people - speaking out - in prose, or painting or poetry or music speaking out - in homes and halls, streets and farms, courts and cafes - let that voice speak and the stillness you hear will be the gratitude of mankind.
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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
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