Lots of countries, like Israel, live with terrorism every day, and it doesn't impact their integrity. The big threat to America is the way we react to terrorism by throwing away what everybody values about our country - a commitment to human rights. America is a great nation because we are a good nation.
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But that Gross National Pro... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has enemies. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?' ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY We should, I believe, beware of the pitfalls described by Taine: 'Imagine a man who sets out on a... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the pas... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedo... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a m... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that th... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our herita... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. ROBERT F. KENNEDY One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. ROBERT F. KENNEDY We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels--local, ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never wer... ROBERT F. KENNEDY It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a m... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that th... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Don't get mad, get even. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portio... ROBERT F. KENNEDY I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulge... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against... ROBERT F. KENNEDY There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never wer... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY He knows all the facts, and he's against all the solutions. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Justice delayed is democracy denied. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portio... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a m... ROBERT F. KENNEDY The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portio... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Each time a man stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against in... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as a... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, ... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"N... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY