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.

Quote by Robert Francis Kennedy

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Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education,...

Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education,...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common...

The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common...

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

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

Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame...

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And...

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And...

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty...

It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty...

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

When someone with a rural accent says, I don't know much about politics, zip up...

When someone with a rural accent says, I don't know much about politics, zip up...

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man...

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...

Politics is just show business for ugly people

Politics is just show business for ugly people

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...