Zitate und Sprüche von Robert F. Kennedy

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.

Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.