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Robert F. Kennedy Quotes & Speeches

Civic Space and Activists
February 24, 1967

Address at the Americans for Democratic Action Dinner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Peace and Conflict
March 26, 1968

Speech at Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID
Poverty
June 5, 1965

Address at the University College of Buffalo Commencement, Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, NY
Civic Space and Activists
May 6, 1964

Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Authoritarianism
June 6, 1966

Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa
Civic Space and Activists
August, 1963

Speech in Chicago

Chicago, Il
Civic Space and Activists
May 6, 1964

Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Civic Space and Activists
June 6, 1966

Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa
Civic Space and Activists
February 24, 1967

Address at the Americans for Democratic Action Dinner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Civic Space and Activists
June 6, 1966

Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa
Civic Space and Activists
May 6, 1964

Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Civic Space and Activists
March 18, 1966

Speech at the University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
Civic Space and Activists
September 24, 1966

Speech at the New Hampshire Democratic State Convention, Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, NH
Authoritarianism
June 6, 1966

Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa
Civic Space and Activists
September 17, 1966

Speech at Worthington, Minnesota

Worthington, MN
Quote
April 25, 1963

Speech at the Meeting of the University of South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, SC

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