Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 8 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–68) |
| QUOTATION: | It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Senator This quotation is an inscription on the Robert F. Kennedy gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. |
| SUBJECTS: | Action |