Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Indianapolis, Indiana
April 4, 1968

Listen to this speech.

I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and k**led tonight.

Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort.

In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black--considering the evidence there evidently is that there were white people who were responsible--you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization--black people amongst black, white people amongst white, filled with hatred toward one another.

Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand with compassion and love.

For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust at the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I can only say that I feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family k**led, but he was k**led by a white man. But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond these rather difficult times.

My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He wrote: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."

What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.

So I shall ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that's true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love--a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.

We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times; we've had difficult times in the past; we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; it is not the end of disorder.

But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land.

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.

63 days later Robert Kennedy was k**led by a white man

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

Two tragedies by two crazy people. The future of not only the country but of the world was changed in those two months.

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

The men may have died but their words live on...

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Palestinian Christian militant who assassinated United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 1968; Kennedy died the following day at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

Sirhan Niagara Sirhan and Lee Harvey Oswald were white men. The k**lers of Robert and John Kennedy. Before Trump before Regan three men fought for freedom Kennedy King Kennedy. As sons and daughters of these three men we stood up and k**led r****m. But the ghosts and temptations of r****m still live on. Now I ask my fellow Americans do you will you listen to the ghosts or will you leave the issue as it is dead?

In the faith of Jesus Christ, King, and the two brothers, the Kennedys fought against r****m and with the help of Regan defeated r****m. Today we face the ghosts of r****m and that's what we are fighting today. How do you defeat a ghost based in fear?

There is only one way, through action. And the action should be taken is we are Americans, there is no Hispanic Americans, there is no African Americans, there is no w***e A******ns, there is just Americans. An attack for wh**ever the reason on one of us is an attack on all of us.

I'm getting tired of repeating my words over and over again but apparently the adults of America do not get it. But the children do. And I appeal to them. V**e for Trump. For a v**e for Biden will create a new form of dominance, which is r****m. Make no mistake, the Dems are wolves in sheep clothing. They would rather complain than heed the words of Robert and Martin. Shame on you. What happened to the Democrat party of my parents? If John, Martin, or Robert were alive today they would support Donald Trump.

Now I'm out of breath or ink. You all may speak now. I said my peace.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Oswald didn’t k**l anybody.
And never fired a shot.
Looks like you’ve been buying lies for a long time , now.
Sirhan Beshara Sirhan was a Palestinian Christian Nationalist.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Either one of the Kennedy Brothers would’ve had trump in jail a long time ago.
Trump was just the type of corruption Bobby Kennedy abhored.
Neither , I say again, NEITHER WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF TRUMP ANYTHING!
THAT IS JUST STUPID.

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

That is false. Yes Kennedy, third brother of John and Robert never filed suit against Trump. And your demeanor by using all caps is not civilized. So do not shout at anyone on this thread or any other thread on the OPP. Administration will discipline you just as they diciplined many of my conservative friends.

If you choose to debate then debate. With that being said the Kennedys would have backed Trump. Not because of the street talk he does but for the good work and results he gets.

I posted Robert Kennedy's speech numerous times on many different platforms and I now see that people would rather talk over each other than seek the wisdom required to solve the subject matter. That is a shame. Shouting, ignoring the ideas of others is just as damaging as fighting in the streets. Violence begets violence.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against the violence we all are facing today. Dr. King spoke about sitting at the table of Our Lord Jesus Christ, enjoying the feast of the Lamb. And one day I hope and pray to be there.

But the road to the feast is paved by martyrs. These martyrs fought against injustice without destroying their communities.

As a Christian we ask, "What would Christ do?" When we are faced with unprecedented times. Where there is no answer that is a cookie cutter answer that applies to all. Our founders devised a plan in the declaration of independence and within the constitution to apply to all protecting the mind and body of all.

What possible good can ever come out of destruction. If the problem is Trump, take it out on Trump. If the problem is the Democrat mayor's take it out on then. For in this jungle that the Dems, Republicans and media has created. The strong will survive and all is fair in love and war.

So it all boils down to this, do we take arms against each other and therefore destroy our homes, or do we seek the wisdom of God where all human beings matter?

What is your choice?

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

Based upon the science, Lee Harvey Oswald may not have dealt the fatal shot but did shoot the president, president Kennedy. Therefore, he among others is responsible for the victims death. But he is only one in a team that was sent to k**l Kennedy. Why was Kennedy targeted? And if the people h**ed him so much that lead to his death, then why isn't Trump targeted?

Interesting questions with no answers. Don't you think? Trump will win this e******n, but I worry about the next e******n. Do you not see the precident set here? And it came from the Democrats who couldn't work with the man.

Sorry to alert you all, but the Democrats of yesterday is dead. What resides in their place are t*****rs to the people and the constitution. Ever hear of genocide? That's the weapon of the modern Democrat party. All those that saw that are now Trump's Republicans.

We are the backbone of this country and we will not be defeated if for nothing else we have God on our side. But we do listen to all people for we believe in God and the freedom he gave us and we protect.

We are not perfect but we strive to become perfect. Mark my words, 2020 will be a year that America comes back stronger than ever. Thanks to Donald Trump showing us the statement "It doesn't have to be this way."

But the intolerant among us shall challenge that optimism therefore, we fight on saving one American at a time. Saving them from the s***ery of a political party seeking a total takeover of our freedoms.

We are an understanding peace loving people who break down the barriers of race by calling all Americans, American. With no prefix.

Utopia only exists in heaven where there is no lust and greed for power. Trump did not send protesters to cities the Democrats did. How many people must die before the other side sees the t***h and acts to restore God's country? The United States?

Democrats are the party of fear, Republicans are now the party of optimism. But to conquer fear we need swift action.

I have read complaint after complaints over what Trump is doing, yet there is no one doing anything else. That is called leadership. To act when no one else acts. Join him and you will see that freedom and the spirit of America lives in Trump.

And if you feel I am wrong, tell me how we tamed this great vast continent. Tell me how we went from s***ery to freedom? Tell me how in 69 years we went from horse and buggy to landing on the moon. Join him. He's our last chance.

And if you do join him, maybe we can teach him wisdom. A wisdom that the Democrats lost.

A wisdom that makes us peaceful, prosperous, and free. Donald and the nation needs this more than ever. Not later but now. The ghosts of the cruelty of the past gives instructions to our conscience of what not to do. But the light of day shines forth our accomplishments of love they neighbor. Let us heed Robert's speech that I have posted and seek the required wisdom to being back in greatness the gift of God Almighty, the gift of compassion.

R****m is dead but the ghosts are alive. To defeat the ghosts we stand together against this genocide.

Stand up for freedom, take it in your own hands and hold on to it tightly for the forces of evil want to take it from you. Defend that freedom and teach it to all, spread hope and destroy these ghosts that seek our destruction.


Some of us may die, but I would rather die free then be ens***ed. Goodnite all.