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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

For with each dawn, she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would...

For with each dawn, she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would...