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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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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
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RFK
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Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed.
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I love this city. If I'm elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco. I went to Fisherman's Wharf and they even let me into Allioto`s. It may be Baghdad by the Bay to you, but to me it's Resurrection City
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It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.
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Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
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Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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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.
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After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all.
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When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother, when you teach that he is a lesser man because of his color or his beliefs or the policies he pursues, when you teach that those who differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies...
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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This much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
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[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time, no effort, or manpower is to be spared.
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We can master change not though force or fear, but only though the free work of an understanding mind, though an openness to new knowledge and fresh outlooks, which can only strengthen the most fragile and most powerful of human gifts: the gift of reason.
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I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly.
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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.
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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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I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.
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You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
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