From speech on March 18, 1968 by Robert F. Kennedy, at the University of Kansas:
"I'll never find an end to the nation or our own personal satisfaction in the mere pursuit of wealth, endless worldly goods in the cluster.
We can not measure national spirit based on the Dow-Jones, nor the successes of the country on the basis of Gross Domestic Product.
The GDP also includes air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage of the weekend.
GDP puts in counts special locks for our doors and jails for those who break them. Includes programs that enhance television violence to sell products to our children violent. It grows with the production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads, also includes research to improve the spread of bubonic plague, increases with the equipment that the police used to quell riots, and that it increases when their ashes are reconstructed on the Popular slums.
GDP does not take into account the health of our families, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. Do not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of family values, the intelligence of our debate or the integrity of our public officials. Does not take account of justice in our courts, or fairness in the relations between us.
GDP measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life really worth living.
Can you tell us everything about America, but not if we can be proud to be Americans. "
We can not measure national spirit based on the Dow-Jones, nor the successes of the country on the basis of Gross Domestic Product.
The GDP also includes air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage of the weekend.
GDP puts in counts special locks for our doors and jails for those who break them. Includes programs that enhance television violence to sell products to our children violent. It grows with the production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads, also includes research to improve the spread of bubonic plague, increases with the equipment that the police used to quell riots, and that it increases when their ashes are reconstructed on the Popular slums.
GDP does not take into account the health of our families, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. Do not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of family values, the intelligence of our debate or the integrity of our public officials. Does not take account of justice in our courts, or fairness in the relations between us.
GDP measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life really worth living.
Can you tell us everything about America, but not if we can be proud to be Americans. "
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