Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.
Robert KennedySince the days of Greece and Rome the word 'citizen' was a title of honor. We have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.
Robert KennedyI run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.
Robert KennedyAt the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all society, all groups, and states, exist for that person's benefit. Therefore the enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and the abiding practice of any western society.
Robert Kennedy