“We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.... What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.” CompassionRacismEulogyMartin Luther King Jr Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“Hrubý národní produkt nebere v úvahu zdraví našich dětí, kvalitu jejich vzdělání nebo radost jejich her. Nezahrnuje krásu naší poezie nebo stabilitu našich manželství, inteligenci veřejné debaty nebo politickou soudržnost... zkrátka měří všechno, jen ne to, co činí život hodnotným.” PoliticsSocietyEconomicsQuality Of Life Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” HopeInjusticePolitcal Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.” InspirationDespair Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“We have spoken out against inhuman slaughters perpetrated by the Nazis and the Communists. But will we speak out also against the inhuman slaughter in Indonesia, where over 100,000 alleged Communists have been not perpetrators, but victims?” PoliticsCommunismNazisMass MurderCommunists Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives. Everything that makes man's life worthwhile- family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head- all this depends on decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government that does not heed the demands of its people.” Life QualityPopulace VoiceA Government Of WolvesGovernment DecisionsUniversity Of Cape Town Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.” Rfk Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.” Rfk Author:Robert F. Kennedy
“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability. [Report to the United States Senate on his trip to Latin America and the Alliance for Progress, May 9-10 1966]” InspirationalTruthPoliticsRevolutionLatin AmericaAlliance For ProgressLatin American Politics Author:Robert F. Kennedy