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Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.
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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