D OCUMENTS of Robert Kennedy, March 18, 1968, University of Kansas:
"I'll never find a order for the nation or our own personal satisfaction in the mere pursuit of wealth, in the cluster without end of earthly goods. We can not measure national spirit based on the Dow-Jones, the success of the country on the basis of gross national product (GNP). The GDP also includes air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage of the weekend. The GDP puts in counts 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. 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 the slums popular. The 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, nor fairness in relations between us. The GNP 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. "
This speech has more than 40 years and even today no member of the alleged Italian left has never uttered similar words .
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