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Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.”

101. “I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Prejudice exists and probably will continue to ‘but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.’”

102. “Prejudice exists and probably will continue to ‘but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.’”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “In America we have Rockefellers for breakfast.”

103. “In America we have Rockefellers for breakfast.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Recent scholarship confirms the portrait of John F. Kennedy sketched by his brother in Thirteen Days: a remarkably cool, thoughtful, nonhysterical, self-possessed leader, aware of the weight of decision, incisive in his questions, firm in his judgment, always in charge, steering his advisers perseveringly in the direction he wanted to go. “We are only now coming to understand the role he played in it,” writes John Lewis Gaddis, the premier historian of the Cold War.”

104. “Recent scholarship confirms the portrait of John F. Kennedy sketched by his brother in Thirteen Days: a remarkably cool, thoughtful, nonhysterical, self-possessed leader, aware of the weight of decision, incisive in his questions, firm in his judgment, always in charge, steering his advisers perseveringly in the direction he wanted to go. “We are only now coming to understand the role he played in it,” writes John Lewis Gaddis, the premier historian of the Cold War.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Change has its enemies.”

105. “Change has its enemies.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.”

106. “I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all.”

107. “After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters.”

108. “We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right – not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this Hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God.”

109. “Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right – not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this Hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.”

110. “I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Instead, so long as Kennedy lived and Khrushchev stayed in power, there was steady movement toward the relaxation of tension – the American University speech, the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the “hotline” between the White House and the Kremlin.”

111. “Instead, so long as Kennedy lived and Khrushchev stayed in power, there was steady movement toward the relaxation of tension – the American University speech, the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the “hotline” between the White House and the Kremlin.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”

112. “The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “Exasperation over our struggle in Vietnam should not close our eyes to the fact that we could have other missile crises in the future – different kinds, no doubt, and under different circumstances. But if we are to be successful then, if we are going to preserve our own national security, we will need friends, we will need supporters, we will need countries that believe and respect us and will follow our leadership.”

113. “Exasperation over our struggle in Vietnam should not close our eyes to the fact that we could have other missile crises in the future – different kinds, no doubt, and under different circumstances. But if we are to be successful then, if we are going to preserve our own national security, we will need friends, we will need supporters, we will need countries that believe and respect us and will follow our leadership.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “We have spoken out against inhuman slaughters perpetrated by the Nazis and the Communists. But will we speak out also against the inhuman slaughter in Indonesia, where over 100,000 alleged Communists have been not perpetrators, but victims?”

114. “We have spoken out against inhuman slaughters perpetrated by the Nazis and the Communists. But will we speak out also against the inhuman slaughter in Indonesia, where over 100,000 alleged Communists have been not perpetrators, but victims?”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “The future is not a gift. It is an achievement.”

115. “The future is not a gift. It is an achievement.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Quote: “And so we argued, and so we disagree – all dedicated, intelligent men, disagreeing and fighting about the future of their country, and of mankind.”

116. “And so we argued, and so we disagree – all dedicated, intelligent men, disagreeing and fighting about the future of their country, and of mankind.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

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