Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

Quote by Robert Kennedy

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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world,...

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world,...

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage...

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage...

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...

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

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...

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of...

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of...

But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our...

But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our...

I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never...

I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never...

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly...

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly...

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man...

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man...

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you...

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you...

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I...

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I...

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped...

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped...