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Article: Tribute to a titan of public service.(Publisher's Page)
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- Black Enterprise
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- October 1, 2009
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From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.--Luke 12:48
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The above scripture was often quoted by Sen. Robert E Kennedy to his children, to underscore that as a family of privilege, power and fortune, they had a higher obligation to do more to serve humanity than those of lesser means and influence. Indeed, few American families have been entrusted with more or had more demanded of them than the Kennedy family. In the case of Robert Kennedy and his brother, President John F. Kennedy, the demands of public service cost them their very lives. ...