A Quote from Robert Kennedy

Each time a person
stands for an ideal
or acts to improve
the lot of others
or strikes out against
injustice

her or she
sends forth
a ripple of hope

and crossing each other
those ripples build a current
of energy and daring
that can

sweep down the
mightiest wall of oppression
and resistance

few are willing to
brave the disapproval
of their fellows
the censor of their colleagues
the warmth of their society

Moral courage is
a rarer commodity
than bravery in a battle
or great intelligence

Yet it is
the one
essential, vital quality
for those who seek
to change the world
that yields most painfully to change