“I've learned powerful lessons about the nature of forgiveness from human rights defenders. For example, for the greater good of his country, Kofi Woods emerged from a torture chamber in Liberia to later defend the very men who had brutalized him.”

American lawyer, author, and human rights activist

Kerry Kennedy is an American lawyer, author, and human rights activist. She is the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and a member of the Kennedy family. She has 100 quotes on the site. Kennedy serves as president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a nonprofit organization focused on human rights advocacy. Her work is closely tied to that cause, and her public voice is shaped by law, activism, and her family's long political history.