A biography for Kerry Kennedyhasn’t been written yet.
“So when people say how horrible it is that Donald Trump is president, well, yeah, but we've faced a lot worse than this and our country went on to go from the world of 'Mad Men' to the world it is today, and that's what's going to happen now. That's what's going to happen in the next 50 years. We're going to be fine.”
“Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supports youth reentry projects because my father cared deeply about children and young people involved in the juvenile justice system, part of his focus while serving as attorney general.”
“I'm told that as a child, when my dad was alive, I'd get up, put on my coat and go sit in the back of his car. The driver would just go around the neighborhood - as long as I had my little trip, I was happy.”
“Firefighters and rescue workers are American superheroes.”
“Demonization of people on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other criteria leads to dehumanization. The notion that some are 'other' is a dangerous and slippery slope.”
“My husband is in politics and my kids are already a campaign organ for him and I really love being their mother.”
“There was no quality Robert Kennedy admired more than courage.”
“I'm not the most organized person.”
“In the RFK Center's Speak Truth to Power program, we are working with schools across the United States and in countries like Italy, Cambodia and Sweden to turn every student into a defender.”
“My earliest memories are when my father was the attorney general at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. We would go to visit him at the Justice Department and take the tunnel over to the FBI building and watch the sharpshooters at practice.”
“Robert F. Kennedy Juvenile Justice Collaborative was formed in 2009 to improve federal youth reentry policy through advocacy, coalition building, and giving voice to youth who are directly impacted by the justice system.”
“There are no wealthy people on Rikers Island because if you are wealthy, you go free because you make bail.”
“If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community.”
“A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.”
“When roads are built, children can read, then jobs and prosperity will follow.”
“I think of myself as a human-rights advocate and as a mother.”
“We owe our children an environment in which they can flourish, and where law enforcement, the justice system, and society as offers them a fresh start, not a jail cell.”
“For many Mexican human rights defenders, confronting the military does not end so well.”
“There was no sense of burden, like, 'I now must carry on Robert Kennedy's unfinished work.' Absolutely not.”
“At the moment of greatest love, there is greatest fear, and at the moment of enormous repression, there is resistance, and therefore a chance at revolutionary change.”