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 injustice.
¶ Day of Affirmation Address, University of Capetown, South Africa (6 Jun 1966)
(Inscribed on the RFK gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery)
