those who have removed
generous impulses that
are the nation’s soul
Adapted from the line:
When we are told to forego all dissent and division, we must ask:
Who is it that is truly dividing the country?
It is not those who call for change;
it is those who make present policy who divide our country;
those who bear the responsibility for our present course;
those who have removed themselves from the American tradition, from the enduring and generous impulses that are the soul of the nation…
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. in an Address at Vanderbilt University, March 21, 1968
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