Robert F. Kennedy
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My Lovemarks prayer for you
Dear Bobby, Forty years later I can still hear the train avenging the train tracks across the nation of your birth and the thousands upon thousands of people just average citizens coming out to wave adieu to see you to your final destination. Only days ago you had quoted Aeschylus on the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. to give your brethern perspective and a sense of comfort that all was not lost. Thirty years later there is not much I have been able to forget about you. Your pragmatism was embedded in deep sense of an elevated humanistic spirit and idealism that lives with us today .No one quotes the Ancients nowadays. I still see your widow Ethel standing veiled in her black dress and the eulogy of your brother Ted still rings in my ears especially when his voice cracked. The world changed forever then when you left us June 6th, 1968. It was like we took the wrong turn on a long road. You must know we are trying our best as you would have wanted us to. We are optimistic about tomorrow. And In this small way pay tribute to your life and what could have been, Ave atque vale. This is my Lovemarks prayer for you, sent to you from the city of your favourite democracy. Athens.
Anita, Canada - 02 June 2008
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Making impossibility - impossible
As Robert Kennedy campaigned we felt the euphoria of being on the brink of a Periclean era with his impending presidential victory in 1968. He used to avidly read and quote the ancient Greeks and things pertaining to the essentiality of democracy. That is why he believed you could make a difference as a sole citizen. It was an Athenian concept. He is my political lovemark because he intended to empower the citizen and make impossibility - impossible. I wish with all my heart that he had still been here. What a different world this would have become.
Anita, Canada - 25 October 2005
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Inspires me when I become discouraged
Bobby Kennedy is an inspiration to all who believe they can make a difference in the world. Bobby stood for liberty, justice, and most of all hope. At a time when people felt there was nothing that one individual could do to stand up against injustice such as segregation, poverty and war, Bobby encouraged them to take a stand. He truly believed in the power of one individual to make a difference. Bobby Kennedy's work and beliefs inspire me when I become discouraged about the amount of difference I can make, and help me to remember that, in his words: "There is no basic inconsistency between ideals and realistic possibilities."
Rivka, United States - 26 April 2005