1962
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Address at the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland
Our newspapers must be free to report every facet of American life for this is not only a freedom guaranteed to them but a guarantee of freedom for all Americans.
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Address Delivered to the American Bar Association, House of Delegates, San Francisco, California
Crime is not only a cause of economic waste, but far worse than that, it is a reproach to the moral pretensions of our society, and advertises to the world the gap between our pronouncements and our performance.
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Speech at the Dedication of Kendrick Hall at the University of San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, California
Since the days of Greece and Rome when the word “citizen” was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities. And today, as never before in the free world, responsibility is the greatest right of citizenship and service is the greatest of freedom’s…
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Testimonial Dinner for John Reynolds
Tags Share We are not in the midst of another political campaign. Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. Yet we live in a time when the individual’s opportunity to meet his responsibilities appears circumscribed by impersonal powers beyond his influence. On the surface the individual…
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The United States and the New Forces of the World
Tags Share The outstanding spirit abroad in the world today is nationalism—nationalism closely linked with anti-colonialism. Nationalism itself, of course, is nothing new. This self-determination performed the essential function of giving people an identity with their country and with each other. It became in some societies not merely an article of faith and common aspiration—but…
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Lecture to faculty and students at Nihon University
Tags Share Young men and women of my age in all countries, if they share nothing else, share the problems that torment our world and thus share responsibilities for all our futures. Our generation was born during the turmoil following the first World War. That war marked the dividing line—at least for the Western World—between…
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Robert F. Kennedy at the Berlin wall
Description Robert F. Kennedy mounts platform overlooking the Berlin Wall, February 22, 1962 Date Copyright Tags Share Have any questions about licensing? Per the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code), for a library or archives to legally provide a reproduction of a copyrighted item, the reproduction is not to be “used…
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Robert F. Kennedy addresses a mammoth crowd in West Berlin
Description Robert F. Kennedy addresses a mammoth crowd during a visit to West Berlin, February 22, 1962 Date Copyright Tags Share Have any questions about licensing? Per the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code), for a library or archives to legally provide a reproduction of a copyrighted item, the reproduction is…
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Robert F. Kennedy during a goodwill tour of Asia
Description Robert F. Kennedy exchanges pleasantries with women during a goodwill tour of Asia Date Copyright Tags Share Have any questions about licensing? Per the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code), for a library or archives to legally provide a reproduction of a copyrighted item, the reproduction is not to be…
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