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

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

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.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

I believe in the sun when it's not shining, I believe in love even when...

I believe in the sun when it's not shining, I believe in love even when...

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

I don't believe in mathematics.

I don't believe in mathematics.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is...

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

Danger can only be overcome by more danger

Danger can only be overcome by more danger

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...