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. | |
— Robert F. Kennedy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I’m Still Looking |
2018 | I Choose Love |
Courage Can Be Contagious | |
2017 | Scary And Wonderful |
2016 | #AmnestyDon Hears The Polls |
2015 | Dare The Improbable |
2014 | All Together Now! |
2013 | This Road |
2012 | Profit |
2011 | God Is Personal |
2010 | Playoff Fever Gets the Best of Me… |
Posts Tagged ‘Robert F. Kennedy’
If You Haven’t Done It Yet: VOTE!!
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumpTheTurdNov3rd, #Fire45, Election 2020, Energy, Hope, Injustice, Oppression, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Resistance, Ripples, Robert F. Kennedy, Stand Up, Vote, Vote Nov 2020 on November 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
#IncompetentDonald Is A Clear And Present Danger
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, 2020 Presidential Election, Accept Fear, Decency, Freedom, Justice, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Robert F. Kennedy, Tolerate Corruption on October 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice. | |
― Robert F. Kennedy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Why #45 Is Fated To Endanger Our National Security |
2018 | Dehydrated |
Dehydrated II | |
2017 | And Some Of Us Have Books |
2016 | I See No Proof |
2015 | Whither Tea Party? |
2014 | Nothing Is Known Absolutely |
2013 | Decoration Time |
2012 | The Beatitudes |
2011 | Good Fences Make Good Neighbors |
2010 | Back On The Asphalt |
No Sweep – Rangers Win Game 3 by 4 to 2 | |
Greek Myths For Kids | |
Still A Burden
Posted in Leadership, Poetry, Quotes, tagged Day of Affirmation, Leadership, Martin Luther King Jr, National Union Of South African Students, NUSAS, On Youth, Poetry, Quotes, Robert F. Kennedy, South Africa, The Burden For Youth, University of Cape Town on January 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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 the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. It is a revolutionary world we live in, and thus, as I have said in Latin America and Asia, in Europe and in the United States, it is young people who must take the lead. Thus you, and your young compatriots everywhere, have had thrust upon you a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived. | |
— Robert F. Kennedy | |
National Union of South African Students “Day of Affirmation” Speech | |
June 6th, 1966 | |
University of Cape Town, South Africa | |
[Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday everyone! The “Dream” endures… You can read RFK’s full speech here. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
A Tiny Ripple Of Hope
Posted in History, Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Quotes, tagged Acts Of Courage, Day of Affirmation, History, Leadership, My Journal, My Poems Page, National Union Of South African Students, Pericles, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Robert F. Kennedy, South Africa, Speechs, University of Cape Town on January 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. 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 which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. | |
“If Athens shall appear great to you,” said Pericles, “consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.” That is the source of all greatness in all societies, and it is the key to progress in our time. | |
— Robert F. Kennedy | |
From: N.U.S.A.S. “Day of Affirmation” Speech | |
6 June 1966 | |
University of Cape Town, South Africa | |
[To read the full speech, click here. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Liberating Books |
2014 | Discover God |
2013 | Without Witness |
2012 | Nutritarian |
And So I Blog
Posted in History, My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On History, Quotes, Robert F. Kennedy on June 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The story of History is properly more than a succession of dates and events, of crisis and controversy. It is illuminated, at its best, by the acts and words of its participants. | |
— Robert F. Kennedy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Take Flight |
2013 | Contributing Joy |
2012 | More Than A Race |
2011 | Institutionalized Leadership |
Daring Ripples
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Currents, Day of Affirmation, Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Ripples, Robert F. Kennedy, Vibrations on October 17, 2013| 2 Comments »
Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation… | |
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 which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. | |
— Robert F. Kennedy | |
From his “Day of Affirmation” speech given to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966 | |
[I love it when I find a quote which coincides with my over-arching theme of ripples, currents and vibrations! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Evermore |
2011 | Unpredictable Opportunity |
2010 | Giants Fall In Game 2 (1 to 6) – Leave PA With 1-1 Split !! |
Achieve Greatly
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, RFK, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Francis Kennedy on August 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. | |
— Robert Francis Kennedy | |
[I don’t agree with the words, but I applaud the sentiment. Sometimes the accumulation of a lot of little things can lead to one great result. That’s why the Academy Awards have “Lifetime Achievement” awards as well as the annual ones. — KMAB] | |
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