6 Robert F. Kennedy Quotes on War

Robert F. Kennedy quotes on war

3. Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

14. Are we like the God of the Old Testament, that we in Washington can decide which cities, towns, and hamlets in Vietnam will be destroyed? Do we have to accept that? I don't think we do. I think we can do something about it.

55. One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

57. Our brave young men are dying in the swamps of Southeast Asia. Which of them might have written a poem? Which of them might have cured cancer? Which of them might have played in a World Series or given us the gift of laughter from the stage or helped build a bridge or a university? Which of them would have taught a child to read? It is our responsibility to let these men live....It is indecent if they die because of the empty vanity of their country. (Vietnam War speech, Calif, 3-24-68)

61. People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.

66. The advice 'bomb them back to the Stone Age' may show that the speaker is already there himself, but it could, if followed, force all of us to join him.