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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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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at...

Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with...

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...