robert kennedy

“ If people are not getting off their behinds, how do you say that nicely? ”

“ One of the primary purposes of civilization - and certainly its primary strength - is the guarantee that family life can flourish in unity, peace, and order. ”

“ We might not be the best, and none of us were, but we were to make the effort to be the best. ”

“ If our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity. ”

“ Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. ”

“ From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. ”

“ If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. ”

“ If we must act effectively we must deal with the world as it is. We must get things done. ”

“ You're the happiest while you're making the greatest contribution. ”

“ Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because the criticism was prohibited. ”