But when I was a child, the grown-ups taught us to ignore malicious gossip, and never to dignify it with a response. - Robert F. Kennedy

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But when I was a child, the grown-ups taught us to ignore malicious gossip, and never to dignify it with a response.

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Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.. (born 17 January 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist who has served since February 13, 2025, as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy.

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Birth Name: Robert Francis Kennedy
Also Known As: Bobby
Alternative Names: RFK Robert Kennedy Bobby Kennedy

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Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives. Everything that makes man's life worthwhile — family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head — all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people. Therefore, the essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer — not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people. And even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against its people; so that there may be no interference with the right to worship, or with the security of the home; no arbitrary imposition of pains or penalties by officials high or low; no restrictions on the freedom of men to seek education or work or opportunity of any kind, so that each man may become all he is capable of becoming.
These are the sacred rights of Western society.

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