I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.

Quote by Robert Kennedy

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that...

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

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...