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Robert F. Kennedy

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born

November 20, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts, The United States

died

June 06, 1968

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Nonfiction

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Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was one of US President John F. Kennedy's younger brothers, and also one of his most trusted advisors and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

After his brother's assassination in late 1963, Kennedy continued as Attorney General under President Johnson for nine months. He resigned in September 1964 and was elected to the United States Senate from New York that November. He broke with Johnson over the Vietnam War, among other issues.

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Books by Robert F. Kennedy

Average rating: 4.00 · 1,444 ratings · 122 reviews · 42 distinct works

	Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Foreword by) 3.95 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions	My rating:
	To Seek a Newer World 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gospel According to RFK: Why It Matters Now by Robert F. Kennedy, Norman MacAfee (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy by Robert F. Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Enemy Within: The Mcclellan Committee's Crusade Against Jimmy Hoffa And Corrupt Labor Unions by Robert F. Kennedy, Edwin Guthman (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Selected Speeches: Original Live Recordings of RFK's Finest Speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Sheen (Reading), Edwin O. Guthman (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Pursuit of Justice by Robert F. Kennedy, Theodore J. Lowi (editor) 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1964	My rating:
	Promises to keep: Memorable writings and statements 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1969	My rating:
	Just Friends and Brave Enemies 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1962	My rating:

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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

tags: achievement , challenge , failure , success , trying

208 people liked it

“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”
― Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years

109 people liked it

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. 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.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

tags: incrementalism , influence , justice , kindness , make-a-difference , oppression