“The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.”

— Robert F. Kennedy, book The Pursuit of Justice

"Berlin East and West," The Pursuit of Justice https://books.google.com/books?id=o3mHAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22The+free+way+of+life+proposes+ends%2C+but+it+does+not+prescribe+means.%22, pt. 5, (1964), p. 108

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American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy 1925–1968

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