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Words... American and Immortal
Jun 14, 2008 | 1:52 PM
Category: Political
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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 home, or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies – to be met not with cooperation but with conquest, to be subjugated and mastered.
We learn, at the last, to look at our bothers as aliens, alien men with whom we share a city, but not a community, men bound to us in common dwelling, but not in a common effort. We learn to share only a common fear – only a common desire to retreat from each other – only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force.
Our lives on this planet are too short and the work to be done is too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in this land of ours. Of course we cannot vanish it with a program.
But we can perhaps remember – even if only for a time – that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short movement of life, that they seek – as do we – nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.
Surely this bond of common faith, surely this bond of common goals, can begin to teach us something.  Surely we can learn, at the least, to look around at those of us of our fellow men and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our hearts brothers and countrymen once again." Robert F Kennedy, April 5, 1968
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Jay_Kumar read my blog
Jun 16, 2008 | 8:08 AM

"But without hate and fear, what will many around here do with themselves!?"

statueman read my blog view my photos
Jun 16, 2008 | 8:57 AM

Thanks for that Jay...
RomeoMike369 read my blog
Jun 28, 2008 | 9:18 PM

Very profound! Another great American potential taken out at too young an age.
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I'm a retired vet who loves to come up with donut shop solutions through soup kitchen prophecies. My goal is to encourage the growth of alternative sentencing through "habilitation" programs. These quiet unsung organizations need our quiet unsung support. (Edit May 24, 2008, Of course since then I've been getting into more interesting material.) _________________________
I don't delete comments in my blogs as I don't like it when folks delete mine. (Edit June 11, 2008 - I have and will delete posts argueing about interpretation of scripture.)(Edit August 18, 2008 - I've decided too delete the comments of folks who continually use offensive name calling.) _________________________
Mc Cain by a landslide for President (See Archive January 2007 "A Muslim for President?") _________________________
Hillary to quit the primary on April 25th following an unwanted revelation. Oh well... scratch that one! _________________________
Brook White for the win on Idol Oh well... scratch number two... I wonder who'll be our next president? So far my predictions are not doing so well.

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