Quotes by Kennedy, Robert F.




Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, also called "RFK" (November 20, 1925 June 6, 1968) was one of two younger brothers of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. As one of President Kennedy's most trusted advisors, RFK worked closely with the President during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the subsequent Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1964, after his brother's death, Kennedy was elected to the US Senate from the state of New York. He was assassinated shortly after delivering a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, during the California Democratic Primaries in 1968..

"Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired."

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"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not."

Kennedy, Robert F. on dream
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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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"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."

Kennedy, Robert F. on failure
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"The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means."

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"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."

Kennedy, Robert F. on history and historians
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"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."

Kennedy, Robert F. on law and lawyers
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"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time."

Kennedy, Robert F. on opposition
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"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."

Kennedy, Robert F. on ask
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"Don't get mad, get even."

Kennedy, Robert F. on revenge
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"Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has enemies."

Kennedy, Robert F. on change
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"Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence."

Kennedy, Robert F. on courage
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"Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it."

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