“Now I can go back to being ruthless again.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Remark on his reputation for "ruthlessness" after winning his race for a seat in the United States Senate, quoted in Esquire (April 1965)

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

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