Few will have the greatness to bend history;

But each of us can work to change a small portion of events,

And in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation…

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal,

Or acts to improve the lot of others,

Or strikes out against injustice,

He sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,

And crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring,

Those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Robert F. Kennedy