"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."
-Robert Kennedy
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"Every 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.“
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"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live."
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"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time."
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"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."
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"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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