Kennedy: “Charlie Gave His Life So The Rest Of Us Would Not Have To Suffer Those Fates Worse Than Death”
HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a memorial service for Charlie Kir, Sunday night at the Kennedy Center:
KENNEDY: I had a conversation once with Charlie where we were talking about the danger that we both face from challenging entrenched interests. He asked me if I was scared to die, and I said there are a lot worse things than dying. Chief among those is losing our constitutional rights and having our children raised in slavery. And I said to him at that time, sometimes, our only consolation is that we can die with our boots on. We could die fighting for these things. Charlie gave his life so the rest of us would not have to suffer those fates worse than death. How it’s done, it’s our job, now that he is no longer there to lead us, to rush in and fill the breach and win this battle for our country, for God, and for our families.
