American - Politician | November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968
In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.
Robert Kennedy
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We must continue to prove to the world that we can provide a rising standard of living for all men without loss of civil rights or human dignity to any man.
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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
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I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.
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What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
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Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty.
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Yesterday, we fought wars which destroyed cities. Today, we are concerned with avoiding a war which will destroy the earth. We can adapt atomic energy to produce electricity and move ships, but can we control its use in anger?
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The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away.
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President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such an enlargement. It advanced the day when the bars of intolerance against all minority groups will be lifted, not only for the presidency, but for all aspects of our national life.
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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.
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