3 Robert Kennedy Quotes on Loss

Robert Kennedy quotes on loss

39. I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it. I thought it would be me.

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)

75. Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.