Growing up, I loved to listen to famous political speeches. One of the speeches that caught — and held — my attention was New York Sen. Robert Kennedy’s speech to the Cleveland Economic Club on April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated.
In a quiet, somber voice, Kennedy said, “I have saved this one opportunity to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives ... They (victims of violence) are, most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed. No one — no matter where he lives or what he does — can be certain who next will suffer from some senseless act of bloodshed. And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours ... Why?”
