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Did Robert F Kennedy say Some men see things as they are and ask why you dream things that never were and ask why not?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes that is correct
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∙ 14y ago
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Yes he said it but he did not originally coin or pen the phrase. The phrase is from "Back to Methuselah" By Shaw. It is words spoken to Eve by the Devil. Interesting how all the Kenedy men love to quote it. Say alot.
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There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why... I dream of things things that never were and ask why not?
This is attributed to Robert Kennedy in his 1968 presidential campaign. You can most likely find it in his biography.Though Kennedy stated that he was quoting George Bernard Shaw when he said this, he is often thought to have originated the expression, which actually paraphrases a line delivered by the Serpent in Shaw's play Back To Methuselah : "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'".
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