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A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.


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ROBERT KENNEDY Now I can go back to being ruthless again.
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ROBERT KENNEDY In truth, the world is now a seamless web from which no nation, large or small, young or old, can di...
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ROBERT KENNEDY Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
ROBERT KENNEDY Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
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ROBERT KENNEDY If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.
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ROBERT KENNEDY Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's...
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