Quote for the Day

Posted by Rachel on: 06.08.2008 /

“Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.”

- Robert Kennedy, To Seek a Newer World, 1968

One Response to "Quote for the Day"

Comment by: Elaine
1 06/8/08 4:38 PM | Comment Link |
thanks Rachel. Great quote. It has been working on me since I read it earlier today.

I was 20 when he spoke those words. Our world needs this more than ever.

What is my part? Am I willing to stand?

I was sad to see the book is out of print. My library doesn’t have it either. I did find that Vanderbilt University sponsored an event in May

On May 27, some of the people who carried that campaign forward and the people who were influenced by that historic endeavor will come together at the Freedom Forum in Washington, D.C., to look at what made the campaign so different and what lessons are to be learned from Kennedy’s brief but transformative run for the White House.

Bummer, I can’t find anything more about the event. It sounded like it might have been very interesting.