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If Communist Unions Ever Gain A Position To Exercise Influence In The Transport Lanes Of The World, The Free World Will Have Suffered A Staggering Blow.

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Robert Kennedy

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If Communist Unions Ever Gain A Position To Exercise Influence In The Transport Lanes Of The World, The Free World Will Have Suffered A Staggering Blow.

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When You Teach A Man To Hate And Fear His Brother, When You Teach That He Is A Lesser Man Because Of His Color Or His Beliefs Or The Policies He Pursues, When You Teach That Those Who Differ From You Threaten Your Freedom Or Your Job Or Your Family, Then You Also Learn To Confront Others Not As Fellow Citizens But As Enemies...

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But History Will Judge You, And As The Years Pass, You Will Ultimately Judge Yourself, In The Extent To Which You Have Used Your Gifts And Talents To Lighten And Enrich The Lives Of Your Fellow Men. In Your Hands Lies The Future Of Your World And The Fulfillment Of The Best Qualities Of Your Own Spirit.

The Future Is Not A Gift: It Is An Achievement. Every Generation Helps Make Its Own Future. This Is The Essential Challenge Of The Present

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Goethe Tells Us In His Greatest Poem That Faust Lost The Liberty Of His Soul When He Said To The Passing Moment, 'stay, Thou Art So Fair.

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Our Answer Is The World's Hope; It Is To Rely On Youth. The Cruelties And The Obstacles Of This Swiftly Changing Planet Will Not Yield To Obsolete Dogmas And Outworn Slogans. It Cannot Be Moved By Those Who Cling To A Present Which Is Already Dying, Who Prefer The Illusion Of Security To The Excitement And Danger Which Comes With Even The Most Peaceful Progress. This World Demands The Qualities Of Youth: Not A Time Of Life But A State Of Mind, A Temper Of The Will, A Quality Of Imagination, A Predominance Of Courage Over Timidity, Of The Appetite For Adventure Over The Life Of Ease...

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