If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.
Robert KennedyRead
A high standard of living cannot remain the exclusive possession of the West - and the sooner we can help other peoples to develop their resources, raise their living standards, and strengthen their national independence, the safer the world will be for us all.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of global cooperation for mutual prosperity and security.
Robert Kennedy argues that a high standard of living should not be limited to Western nations alone; rather, it is crucial for the world to work together to lift all people out of poverty and promote self-reliance. By helping others develop their resources and improve their living standards, we contribute to a safer and more stable world for everyone, indicating that global prosperity is interconnected.
Themes
Standard Of LivingGlobal CooperationProsperityDevelopmentIndependence
In practice
Example use cases
During an international conference on sustainable development, this quote could inspire collaborative efforts.
More from Robert Kennedy
All quotes →Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
Robert KennedyRead
Within the United States, we have put great emphasis upon political freedoms. Because it has been our experience that these freedoms can lead to others.
Robert KennedyRead
It is one thing to open job opportunities. It is another to train people to fill them, or to persuade American enterprise to seek Negro as well as white applicants.
Robert KennedyRead
Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the bottom to rise as far as the talent and energy allow. Neither race nor place of birth should affect their chances.
Robert KennedyRead
The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile, and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans.
Robert KennedyRead
Similar quotes
There are always two parties;_x000D_ the establishment and the movement.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
Thomas AquinasRead
Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.
Lewis CarrollRead
Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy little shoe boxes and we're pushing thirty? A home you won in a genetic lottery, I might add, sheerly by dint of your having been born at the right time in history? You'd last about ten minutes if you were my age these days.
Douglas CouplandRead
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Franz KafkaRead
Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.
James JoyceRead