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Kennedy's 1948 visit to Palestine">1948 Palestine visit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Stuyvesant_Restoration_Corporation" title="Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation">Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Compound" title="Kennedy Compound">Kennedy Compound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Hill_(McLean,_Virginia)" title="Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)">Hickory Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(Kennedy_book)" title="The Enemy Within (Kennedy book)"><i>The Enemy Within</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Justice" title="The Pursuit of Justice"><i>The Pursuit of Justice</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Seek_a_Newer_World" title="To Seek a Newer World"><i>To Seek a Newer World</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Days_(book)" title="Thirteen Days (book)"><i>Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_family" title="Kennedy family">Family</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">U.S. Attorney General</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_Day_Address" title="Law Day Address">Law Day Address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Kennedy_meeting" title="Baldwin–Kennedy meeting">Baldwin–Kennedy meeting</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">U.S. Senator from New York</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1964 United States Senate election in New York">1964 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Affirmation_Address" title="Day of Affirmation Address">Day of Affirmation Address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_S._Clark%27s_and_Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_tour_of_the_Mississippi_Delta" title="Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta">Mississippi Delta tour</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Presidential campaign</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_1968_presidential_campaign" title="Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign">1968 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boiler_Room_Girls" title="Boiler Room Girls">Boiler Room Girls</a></li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Conflict in Vietnam and at Home</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas" title="Robert F. Kennedy's remarks at the University of Kansas">University of Kansas remarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_speech_at_Ball_State_University" title="Robert F. Kennedy's speech at Ball State University">Ball State University speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_speech_on_the_assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr. assassination speech</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_the_Mindless_Menace_of_Violence" title="On the Mindless Menace of Violence">On the Mindless Menace of Violence</a>"</li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Assassination and legacy</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy">Assassination</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan" title="Sirhan Sirhan">Perpetrator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)" title="Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)">Ambassador Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grave_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Grave of Robert F. Kennedy">Grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories" title="Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Department_of_Justice_Building" title="Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building">Department of Justice Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_silver_dollar" title="Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar">silver dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Human_Rights" title="Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights">Center for Justice and Human Rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Human_Rights_Award" title="Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award">Human Rights Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Journalism_Award" title="Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award">Journalism Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Center_for_Justice_and_Human_Rights#Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights">Book Award</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">Memorial Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_(Brooklyn)" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial (Brooklyn)">Brooklyn Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Landmark_for_Peace_Memorial" title="Landmark for Peace Memorial">Landmark for Peace Memorial</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arch_of_Dignity,_Equality,_and_Justice" title="Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice">Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy%E2%80%93King_College" title="Kennedy–King College">Kennedy–King College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Community_Schools" title="Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools">Community Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Bridge" title="Robert F. Kennedy Bridge">Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_in_media" title="Robert F. Kennedy in media">In media</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="skin-invert-image"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy's signature"><img alt="Robert F. Kennedy's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg/90px-Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg/135px-Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg/180px-Robert_Kennedy_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="129" /></a></span></div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Robert_F._Kennedy_series" title="Template:Robert F. Kennedy series"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Robert_F._Kennedy_series" title="Template talk:Robert F. Kennedy series"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Robert_F._Kennedy_series" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Robert F. Kennedy series"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> "<b>Conflict in Vietnam and at Home</b>" was a speech given on March 18, 1968, by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_University" title="Kansas State University">Kansas State University</a>. Having only declared <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_presidential_campaign,_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968">his candidacy</a> for president two days before, the address was Kennedy's first official campaign speech. He discussed student protests, consequences of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and Lyndon B. Johnson's leadership of the country. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy declared his candidacy for the Presidency. At 9:00 AM on March 18, Kennedy arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_University" title="Kansas State University">Kansas State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_Kansas" title="Manhattan, Kansas">Manhattan, Kansas</a>, to give his first campaign speech.<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Landon_Lecture_Series" title="Landon Lecture Series">Landon Lecture</a>, it had been scheduled long beforehand.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In choosing Kansas State for his first appearance, <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_presidential_campaign,_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968">Kennedy's campaign</a> was hoping to attract a large number of student volunteers in a politically diverse region.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_speech">The speech</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The speech"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 50 minute speech was written by Adam Walinsky. It was delivered in Ahearn Fieldhouse, where about 14,000 students had gathered.<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kennedy was anxious and unsure how the young crowd would receive him. He informally opened with a joke on the planned Vietnam Commission:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The problem was that the President and I couldn't agree who should be on the commission. I wanted <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mansfield" title="Mike Mansfield">Senator Mansfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._William_Fulbright" title="J. William Fulbright">Senator Fulbright</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Morse" title="Wayne Morse">Senator Morse</a> appointed to the commission. And the President, in his own inimitable style, wanted to appoint <a href="/wiki/William_Westmoreland" title="William Westmoreland">General Westmoreland</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Martha_Raye" title="Martha Raye">Martha Raye</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>The crowd was surprised by this humor but received it well. Kennedy then began his written speech with a quote from Kansas native <a href="/wiki/William_Allen_White" title="William Allen White">William Allen White</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vision and vigor, then there is something wrong with our colleges. The more riots that come out of our college campuses the better the world for tomorrow.</p></blockquote> <p>This was also well received. He nervously continues on with his speech, stammering in a few places while his right leg shook. He gained more confidence as the audience became more enthusiastic. About ten minutes in, Kennedy began discussing President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>'s foreign policy and the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I am concerned that at the end of it all, there will only be more Americans killed; more of our treasure spilled out; and because of the bitterness and hatred on every side in this war, more hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese slaughtered; so that they may say, as <a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> said of Rome: "They made a desert, and called it peace." I don't think that is satisfactory for the United States of America.</p></blockquote> <p>The audience cheered. With his emotion increasing, Kennedy admitted his role in the escalation of the war:<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>...I am willing to bear my share of the responsibility, before history and my fellow citizens. But past error is no excuse for its own perpetuation. Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. Now as ever, we do ourselves best justice when we measure ourselves against ancient tests, as in the <a href="/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)" title="Antigone (Sophocles play)"><i>Antigone</i></a> of <a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a>: "All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride." If the South Vietnamese troops will not carry the fight for their own cities, we cannot ourselves destroy them. That kind of salvation is not an act we can presume to perform for them. For we must ask our government, and we must ask ourselves: where does such logic end? If it becomes necessary to destroy all of <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> to save it, will we do that too?<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And if we care so little about South Vietnam, that we are willing to see its land destroyed, and its people dead, then are we there in the first place?</p></blockquote> <p>Kennedy then approached the climax of his speech, raising his right fist into the air and speaking fervently:<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>So I come here today, to this great university, to ask your help; not for me, but for your country, and for the people of Vietnam...I urge you to learn the harsh facts that lurk behind the mask of official illusion with which we have concealed our true circumstances, even from ourselves. Our country is in danger: not just from foreign enemies, but, above all, from our own misguided policies — and what they can do to the nation that <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> once said was the last, best hope of man. There is a contest on, not only for the rule of America, but for the heart of America. In these next eight months we are going to decide what this country will stand for — and what kind of men we are. So I ask of for your help, in the cities and homes of this state, into the towns and farms, contributing your concern and action, warning of the danger of what we are doing and the promise of what we can do in the future...</p></blockquote> <p>Kennedy looked up from his written text and improvised the final part of his speech: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>...not just in Southeast Asia, but here at home as well, so that we might have a new birth for this country, a new light to guide us. And I pledge to you, if you will give me your help, if you will give me your hand, I will work for you, and we will have a new America.</p></blockquote> <p>The crowd cheered wildly. Hundreds of students surrounded Kennedy as he attempted to leave, scratching his hands and pulling off his cuff links. Photographer <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Tretick" title="Stanley Tretick">Stanley Tretick</a>, surprised by the hysteria, exclaimed, "This is Kansas, fucking Kansas! He's going all the fucking way!"<sup id="cite_ref-newfield_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kennedy continued on to <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence</a> later that afternoon, where he would give <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas" title="Robert F. Kennedy's remarks at the University of Kansas">another speech</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>, incorporating many of the same elements in the first one. The speech is included in Kansas State University's <a href="/wiki/Landon_Lecture_Series" title="Landon Lecture Series">Landon Lecture Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kennedy's presidential campaign was ended abruptly two months later following <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy">his assassination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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necessary to destroy the town to save it."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conflict_in_Vietnam_and_at_Home&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/robert-kennedy/transcript.html">Full text of the speech</a> (as written)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/robert-kennedy/audio.html">Full audio of the speech</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Kennedy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968 <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">64th United States Attorney General, 1961–1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">United States senator from New York, 1965–1968</a></span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_1948_visit_to_Palestine" title="Robert F. Kennedy's 1948 visit to Palestine">1948 Palestine visit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Improper_Activities_in_Labor_and_Management" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management">Senate Committee investigation of Labor and Management</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EXCOMM" title="EXCOMM">ExComm</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy#Civil_rights" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Civil rights</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Riders" title="Freedom Riders">Freedom Riders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Voter_Education_Project" title="Voter Education Project">Voter Education Project</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Kennedy_meeting" title="Baldwin–Kennedy meeting">Baldwin–Kennedy meeting</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1964 Democratic National Convention">1964 Democratic National Convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Stuyvesant_Restoration_Corporation" title="Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation">Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_S._Clark%27s_and_Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_tour_of_the_Mississippi_Delta" title="Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta">Mississippi Delta tour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Compound" title="Kennedy Compound">Kennedy Compound</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Hill_(McLean,_Virginia)" title="Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)">Hickory Hill home</a></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg/90px-Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg/135px-Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg/180px-Robert_F_Kennedy_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="470" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electoral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1964 United States Senate election in New York">1964 U.S. Senate election</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_1968_presidential_campaign" title="Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign">1968 presidential campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boiler_Room_Girls" title="Boiler Room Girls">Boiler Room Girls</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Speeches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Law_Day_Address" title="Law Day Address">Law Day Address</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Affirmation_Address" title="Day of Affirmation Address">Day of Affirmation Address</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Conflict in Vietnam and at Home</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas" title="Robert F. Kennedy's remarks at the University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_speech_at_Ball_State_University" title="Robert F. Kennedy's speech at Ball State University">Ball State</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_speech_on_the_assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.">On the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/On_the_Mindless_Menace_of_Violence" title="On the Mindless Menace of Violence">"On the Mindless Menace of Violence"</a> (1968)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(Kennedy_book)" title="The Enemy Within (Kennedy book)"><i>The Enemy Within</i></a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Justice" title="The Pursuit of Justice"><i>The Pursuit of Justice</i></a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/To_Seek_a_Newer_World" title="To Seek a Newer World"><i>To Seek a Newer World</i></a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Days_(book)" title="Thirteen Days (book)"><i>Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis</i></a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy">Assassination</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan" title="Sirhan Sirhan">Sirhan Sirhan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)" title="Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)">Ambassador Hotel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories" title="Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories">Conspiracy theories</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grave_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Grave of Robert F. Kennedy">Gravesite</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy and<br />memorials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Department_of_Justice_Building" title="Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building">Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_silver_dollar" title="Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar">Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Human_Rights" title="Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights">Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Human_Rights_Award" title="Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award">Human Rights Award</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Journalism_Award" title="Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award">Journalism Award</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Center_for_Justice_and_Human_Rights#Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights">Book Award</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_(Brooklyn)" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial (Brooklyn)">Brooklyn Memorial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Landmark_for_Peace_Memorial" title="Landmark for Peace Memorial">Landmark for Peace Memorial</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arch_of_Dignity,_Equality,_and_Justice" title="Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice">Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy%E2%80%93King_College" title="Kennedy–King College">Kennedy–King College</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Community_Schools" title="Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools">Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Bridge" title="Robert F. Kennedy Bridge">Robert F. Kennedy Bridge</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Popular<br />culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_in_media" title="Robert F. Kennedy in media">Robert F. Kennedy in media</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crisis:_Behind_a_Presidential_Commitment" title="Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment"><i>Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment</i></a> (1963 documentary)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_Remembered" title="Robert Kennedy Remembered"><i>Robert Kennedy Remembered</i></a> (1968 documentary)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abraham,_Martin_and_John" title="Abraham, Martin and John">"Abraham, Martin and John"</a> (1968 song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Missiles_of_October" title="The Missiles of October"><i>The Missiles of October</i></a> (1974 docudrama)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_(1983_miniseries)" title="Kennedy (1983 miniseries)"><i>Kennedy</i></a> (1983 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blood_Feud_(1983_film)" title="Blood Feud (1983 film)"><i>Blood Feud</i></a> (1983 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Jack" title="Prince Jack"><i>Prince Jack</i></a> (1985 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_and_His_Times" title="Robert Kennedy and His Times"><i>Robert Kennedy and His Times</i></a> (1985 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_vs._The_Kennedys" title="Hoover vs. The Kennedys"><i>Hoover vs. The Kennedys</i></a> (1987 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Days_(film)" title="Thirteen Days (film)"><i>Thirteen Days</i></a> (2000 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RFK_(film)" title="RFK (film)"><i>RFK</i></a> (2002 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_(2006_film)" title="Bobby (2006 film)"><i>Bobby</i></a> (2006 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RFK_Must_Die" title="RFK Must Die"><i>RFK Must Die</i></a> (2007 documentary)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Kennedys_(miniseries)" title="The Kennedys (miniseries)"><i>The Kennedys</i></a> (2011 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ethel_(film)" title="Ethel (film)"><i>Ethel</i></a> (2012 documentary)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Kennedy_(film)" title="Killing Kennedy (film)">Killing Kennedy</a></i> (2013 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_(2016_film)" title="Jackie (2016 film)"><i>Jackie</i></a> (2016 film)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kennedy_for_President" title="Bobby Kennedy for President"><i>Bobby Kennedy for President</i></a> (2018 miniseries)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_family" title="Kennedy family">Family,</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_family#Genealogy" title="Kennedy family">family tree</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Kennedy" title="Ethel Kennedy">Ethel Skakel</a> (wife)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend" title="Kathleen Kennedy Townsend">Kathleen Kennedy</a> (daughter)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_II" title="Joseph P. Kennedy II">Joseph Patrick Kennedy</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr.">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_LeMoyne_Kennedy" title="Michael LeMoyne Kennedy">Michael LeMoyne Kennedy</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kennedy" title="Kerry Kennedy">Kerry Kennedy</a> (daughter)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_G._Kennedy" title="Christopher G. Kennedy">Christopher G. Kennedy</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Kennedy" title="Max Kennedy">Max Kennedy</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Harriman_Kennedy" title="Douglas Harriman Kennedy">Douglas Harriman Kennedy</a> (son)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kennedy" title="Rory Kennedy">Rory Kennedy</a> (daughter)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maeve_Kennedy_McKean" title="Maeve Kennedy McKean">Maeve Kennedy McKean</a> (granddaughter)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_III" title="Joe Kennedy III">Joseph P. Kennedy III</a> (grandson)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Kennedy_Jr." title="Max Kennedy Jr.">Max Kennedy Jr.</a> (grandson)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr." title="Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.">Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.</a> (father)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Kennedy" title="Rose Kennedy">Rose Kennedy</a> (mother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Jr." title="Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.">Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.</a> (brother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> (brother</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Presidency of John F. 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