The best Quotes by Robert F. Kennedy (2024)

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.

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

Rose Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

John F. Kennedy - June 1963

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

Let every nation know... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address

Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner."

John F. Kennedy

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

John F. Kennedy

If anybody really wants to shoot the President of the United States, it is not a very difficult job - all one has to do is get a high building some day with a telescopic rifle, and there is nothing anybody could do to defend against such an attempt on the President's life.

John F. Kennedy - 1963

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

John F. Kennedy

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.

John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address

That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.

Sebastian Wilder in La La Land

Welcome to a city where people trying to disappear aren't actually trying.

Joe Goldberg in You - Season 2 Episode 2

I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

Catherine O'Hara

Linda: "Why did you decide to come to Los Angeles?"
Lucifer: "The same reason as everyone else: the weather, p*rnstars, Mexican food."

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 1 Episode 3

People here in Los Angeles are disgusted now about a sex scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently for seven years, he carried on a sexual relationship with his own wife.

Craig Kilborn

California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

Linus Torvalds

You're gonna like Massachusetts. It's very patriotic - perfect for a fresh start.

Georgia Miller in - Season 1 Episode 1

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

Uma Thurman

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in America. A product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

Mitt Romney

It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.

Rose Kennedy

I don't think you're much good, unless you're doing good to someone.

Rose Kennedy

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Nicole Scherzinger

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!

Dory in Finding Nemo

Jewish communities are warning their members to avoid specific places for their own safety - today, here in Germany, almost 80 years after the Holocaust.

Robert Habeck - November 2023

If Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world like Xi, like the Chinese President? So therefore Ukraine has to win this war.

Annalena Baerbock - September 2023

While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is "mostly cows and rocks". Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.

Donald Trump - August 2024

Falling down isn't dangerous or shameful. Not getting up is both.

Konrad Adenauer

Our world has become more restless and rough; it is changing at a breathtaking pace. We also cope with headwinds. This does not make the challenges of our time any smaller.

Olaf Scholz - December 2023

With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier - December 2023

It's not about counting women, it's about making sure that women count!

Claudia Roth - February 2019

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Vladimir Lenin

Power itself isn't good or bad.

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.

Kim Jong Un

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.