American - Politician | November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
Robert Kennedy
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I have told friends and supporters who are urging me to run that I would not oppose President Johnson under any foreseeable circumstances.
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I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.
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If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?
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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 the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people.
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Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.'
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We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what is prohibited. We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together.
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It certainly should not surprise us that a young person without any real stake in a legitimate occupation or career may get into trouble more easily. Such persons readily accept the idea that they have been unjustly deprived of money, status, and opportunity.
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In the cases that come before the Department of Justice involving a wide range of unlawful activities, we see repeated evidence of family and community failures.
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I believe indeterminate sentencing can be extremely useful, but I also believe that any such system should always take into consideration the special knowledge as to the facts in a case which only the trial judge possesses.
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I am ashamed to report that my father, who is 73, has never been beaten by any of his four sons in golf. We have all become resigned to the fact that he has determined that he won't be beaten.
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The history of antitrust law enforcement shows that successful antitrust prosecutions have often strengthened and brought vitality to extremely large companies and businesses.
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