American - Politician | November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968
Science began as one of the noblest expressions of man's reason. It will continue to serve humanity so long as it never forgets that human beings remain the heart of its purpose.
Robert Kennedy
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Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives.
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Nothing is more false than the notion that the triumph of Communism is inevitable or that the Communists are steadily pushing the free world into a corner.
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Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.
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Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life.
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If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.
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I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.
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People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
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When companies get together secretly to fix prices and attempt to eliminate competition, honest businessmen suffer. I think this is wrong.
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If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.
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Now I can go back to being ruthless again.
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I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.
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