You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
Robert KennedyIf freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.
Robert KennedyThe future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present
Robert KennedyEvery society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
Robert Kennedy...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment as the communities that our parents gave us, we've got to start by protecting that infrastructure; the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the landscapes that enrich us.
Robert Kennedy