Robert F. Kennedy: Address at the University of California, Berkeley

( 1966 ) Commentary by Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason, and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals and great enterprises of American society. It will belong to those who see that wisdom can only emerge from the clash of contending views, the passionate expression of deep and hostile beliefs.” - Address at the University of California, Berkeley
“You can use your enormous privilege and opportunity to seek purely private pleasure and gain. But history will judge you, and, as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, on the extent to which you have used your gifts to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow man. In your hands, not with presidents and leaders, is the future of your world and the fulfillment to the best qualities of your own spirit.” - Address at the University of California, Berkeley

Robert F. Kennedy (Library of Congress)

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