245 Quotes by Robert Kennedy

Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. It is more important than competence or vision. It can never be an elective in any law school. It can never be de-limited, dated or outworn, and it should pervade the heart, the halls of justice and the chambers of the mind.

I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.

My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated. They may be perplexed, but they will never be lost.

Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against its people; so that there may be no interference with the right to worship, or with the security of the home; no arbitrary imposition of pains or penalties by officials high or low; no restrictions on the freedom of men to seek education or work or opportunity of any kind, so that each man may become all he is capable of becoming.

It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.

Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly.