Robert Kennedy:
“Our brave young men are
dying in the swamps of Southeast Asia.

Which of them might have
[killed someone who might have]
written a poem?

Which of them might have [killed
someone who might have] cured
cancer? Which of them might have

[killed someone who might have] played in
a World Series or given us the gift of
laughter from the stage or

helped build a bridge or
a university? Which of them would have taught
[someone to kill someone who might have taught]

a child to read?
It is our responsibility to let these men live...
It is indecent if they die

[killing]
because of the empty
vanity of their country.”