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Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy | In His Own Words | Edward M. Kennedy

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On behalf of Mrs. Kennedy, her children, the parents and sisters of Robert Kennedy, I want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this Cathedral and around the world. We loved him as a brother, and as a father, and as a son. From his parents, and from his older brothers and sisters -- Joe and Kathleen and Jack -- he received an inspiration which he passed on to all of us. He gave us strength in time of trouble, wisdom in time of uncertainty, and sharing in time of happiness. He will always be by our side. Love is not an easy feeling to put into words. Nor is loyalty, or trust, or joy. But he was all of these. He loved life completely and he lived it intensely. A few years back, Robert Kennedy wrote some words about his own father which expresses [sic] the way we in his family felt about him. He said of what his father meant to him, and I quote: "What it really all adds up to is love -- not love as it is described with such facility in popular magazines, but the kin

Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy | In His Own Words | Edward M. Kennedy Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy - tedkennedy --> IN HIS OWN WORDS Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy June 8, 1968 | St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, N.Y. --> More About This Topic Original Text as Distributed to the Press Download an MP3 audio file --> Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Mr. President: On behalf of Mrs. Kennedy, her children, the parents and sisters of Robert Kennedy, I want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this Cathedral and around the world. We loved him as a brother, and as a father, and

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