13/14 April 2008 
" we will never find an end to the nation or our own personal satisfaction in the mere pursuit of wealth, in ' amass earthly goods without end .
We can not measure national spirit based on the Dow-Jones, the successes of the country on the basis of gross national product (GDP).
The GDP also includes air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage of the weekend.
GDP puts into account special locks for our doors and jails for those who break them. Includes television programs that enhance the violent violence to sell products to our children.
grows with production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads, also includes research to improve the spread of bubonic plague, is increased with the equipment that the police used to quell riots, and that it increases when their ashes are reconstructed the slums popular.
GDP takes no account of 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.
not take into account either in our courts of justice 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. 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. "
Speech by Robert Kennedy, March 18, 1968, University of Kansas
13/14 April 2008 " we will never find an end to the nation or our own personal satisfaction in the mere pursuit of wealth, in ' amass earthly goods without end .
We can not measure national spirit based on the Dow-Jones, the successes of the country on the basis of gross national product (GDP).
The GDP also includes air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage of the weekend.
GDP puts into account special locks for our doors and jails for those who break them. Includes television programs that enhance the violent violence to sell products to our children.
grows with production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads, also includes research to improve the spread of bubonic plague, is increased with the equipment that the police used to quell riots, and that it increases when their ashes are reconstructed the slums popular.
GDP takes no account of 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.
not take into account either in our courts of justice 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. 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. "
Speech by Robert Kennedy, March 18, 1968, University of Kansas
