Robert Kennedy Quotes on Governance
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Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the chances of freedom; that the liberating play of reason be brought to bear on events filled with passion;that dissent be allowed to make its appeal for acceptance; that men chance error in their search for the truth.
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Parties are instruments of government....The business of parties is not just win elections. It is to govern. And a party cannot govern if it is disunited. (Kings County Democratic dinner Brooklyn, NY, 1965)
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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
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We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters.