Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Anne Frank came to your door and asked you to hide her, would you be one of the people who hit her and risked your own life, or would you be one of the people who turned her in? And of course, we would all say, of course, we would hide Anne Frank and take the risk. But that's been something, kind of a lesson, a challenge that has always been near the
occurs in the United States, which my father thought was quite possible. He was conscious about how fragile democracy actually is, that would I be one of the ones who would resist the totalitarianism, or would I be one of the people who... Who went along with it? Would I be one of the people who was at the train station in Krakow or even Berlin and saw people being shipped off to camps?
occurs in the United States, which my father thought was quite possible. He was conscious about how fragile democracy actually is, that would I be one of the ones who would resist the totalitarianism, or would I be one of the people who... Who went along with it? Would I be one of the people who was at the train station in Krakow or even Berlin and saw people being shipped off to camps?
occurs in the United States, which my father thought was quite possible. He was conscious about how fragile democracy actually is, that would I be one of the ones who would resist the totalitarianism, or would I be one of the people who... Who went along with it? Would I be one of the people who was at the train station in Krakow or even Berlin and saw people being shipped off to camps?
And just put my head down and pretend I didn't see it because talking about it would be destructive to my career and maybe my freedom and even my life. So, you know, that has been a challenge that my father gave to me and all of my brothers and sisters. And it's something that I've never forgotten.
And just put my head down and pretend I didn't see it because talking about it would be destructive to my career and maybe my freedom and even my life. So, you know, that has been a challenge that my father gave to me and all of my brothers and sisters. And it's something that I've never forgotten.
And just put my head down and pretend I didn't see it because talking about it would be destructive to my career and maybe my freedom and even my life. So, you know, that has been a challenge that my father gave to me and all of my brothers and sisters. And it's something that I've never forgotten.
And we also, you know, we have the capacity to deceive ourselves. And all of us tend to kind of judge ourselves by our intentions and our actions.
And we also, you know, we have the capacity to deceive ourselves. And all of us tend to kind of judge ourselves by our intentions and our actions.
And we also, you know, we have the capacity to deceive ourselves. And all of us tend to kind of judge ourselves by our intentions and our actions.
First of all, I'll say this about my uncle because, you know, I'm going to apply that question to my uncle and my father. My uncle was asked when he first met Jackie Bouvier, who later became Jackie Kennedy, she was a reporter for a newspaper and she had a kind of column where she'd do these kind of pithy interviews with both famous people and kind of men in the street interviews.
First of all, I'll say this about my uncle because, you know, I'm going to apply that question to my uncle and my father. My uncle was asked when he first met Jackie Bouvier, who later became Jackie Kennedy, she was a reporter for a newspaper and she had a kind of column where she'd do these kind of pithy interviews with both famous people and kind of men in the street interviews.
First of all, I'll say this about my uncle because, you know, I'm going to apply that question to my uncle and my father. My uncle was asked when he first met Jackie Bouvier, who later became Jackie Kennedy, she was a reporter for a newspaper and she had a kind of column where she'd do these kind of pithy interviews with both famous people and kind of men in the street interviews.
And she was interviewing him, and she asked him what he believed his best quality was, his strongest virtue. And she thought that he would say courage because he had been a war hero. He was the only president whoβand this one, he was senator, by the wayβ
And she was interviewing him, and she asked him what he believed his best quality was, his strongest virtue. And she thought that he would say courage because he had been a war hero. He was the only president whoβand this one, he was senator, by the wayβ
And she was interviewing him, and she asked him what he believed his best quality was, his strongest virtue. And she thought that he would say courage because he had been a war hero. He was the only president whoβand this one, he was senator, by the wayβ
story of him as a hero in World War II, and then he had come home and he had written a book on moral courage among American politicians and won the Pulitzer Prize. That book, Profiles in Courage, which was a series of incidents where American political leaders made decisions to embrace principle, even though their careers were at stake, and in most cases were destroyed by their choice.
story of him as a hero in World War II, and then he had come home and he had written a book on moral courage among American politicians and won the Pulitzer Prize. That book, Profiles in Courage, which was a series of incidents where American political leaders made decisions to embrace principle, even though their careers were at stake, and in most cases were destroyed by their choice.
story of him as a hero in World War II, and then he had come home and he had written a book on moral courage among American politicians and won the Pulitzer Prize. That book, Profiles in Courage, which was a series of incidents where American political leaders made decisions to embrace principle, even though their careers were at stake, and in most cases were destroyed by their choice.
She thought he was going to say courage, but he didn't. He said curiosity. And I think, you know, looking back at his life, that the best, that that was true, and that was the quality that allowed him to put himself in the shoes of his adversaries.