WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.295 SECRETARY, ROBERT F. >> KENNEDY JR. 00:00:05.306 --> 00:00:07.898 >> KENNEDY JR. >> AND CHARLIE’S OVERARCHING. 00:00:07.909 --> 00:00:10.310 >> AND CHARLIE’S OVERARCHING. >> PASSION WAS HIS CHRISTIANITY 00:00:10.311 --> 00:00:12.836 >> PASSION WAS HIS CHRISTIANITY AND HIS DEVOTION TO HIS GOD. 00:00:12.847 --> 00:00:15.705 AND HIS DEVOTION TO HIS GOD. >> HE BELIEVED WHAT SAINT. 00:00:15.716 --> 00:00:16.940 >> HE BELIEVED WHAT SAINT. >> FRANCIS TAUGHT. 00:00:16.951 --> 00:00:18.151 >> FRANCIS TAUGHT. >> US ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS 00:00:18.152 --> 00:00:22.389 >> US ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO LIVE 00:00:22.423 --> 00:00:24.848 AGO. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN PERFECT IMITATION 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:29.196 OUR LIVES IN PERFECT IMITATION OF CHRIST. HE THAT WE SHOULD 00:00:29.230 --> 00:00:30.821 OF CHRIST. HE THAT WE SHOULD TURN EVERY. DAY AND EVERY 00:00:30.832 --> 00:00:32.856 TURN EVERY. DAY AND EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY INTERACTION 00:00:32.867 --> 00:00:35.726 MOMENT AND EVERY INTERACTION INTO A PRAYER. AND CHARLIE 00:00:35.737 --> 00:00:37.805 INTO A PRAYER. AND CHARLIE UNDERSTOOD THE GREAT PARADOX 00:00:37.839 --> 00:00:38.095 UNDERSTOOD THE GREAT PARADOX THAT IT’S. 00:00:38.106 --> 00:00:39.205 THAT IT’S. >> ONLY. 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.597 >> ONLY. >> BY SURRENDER TO. GOD THAT 00:00:40.608 --> 00:00:42.042 >> BY SURRENDER TO. GOD THAT GOD’S POWER. 00:00:42.043 --> 00:00:42.342 GOD’S POWER. >> CAN FLOW. 00:00:42.343 --> 00:00:44.311 >> CAN FLOW. >> INTO OUR LIVES AND MAKE US 00:00:44.345 --> 00:00:44.744 >> INTO OUR LIVES AND MAKE US EFFECTIVE. 00:00:44.746 --> 00:00:46.770 EFFECTIVE. >> HUMAN BEINGS. 00:00:46.781 --> 00:00:49.173 >> HUMAN BEINGS. >> CHARLIE CHRIST. 00:00:49.184 --> 00:00:50.674 >> CHARLIE CHRIST. >> DIED AT 33. 00:00:50.685 --> 00:00:53.620 >> DIED AT 33. >> YEARS OLD, BUT HE CHANGED 00:00:53.655 --> 00:00:55.779 >> YEARS OLD, BUT HE CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF HISTORY. 00:00:55.790 --> 00:00:58.592 THE TRAJECTORY OF HISTORY. CHARLIE DIED AT. 31 YEARS OLD. 00:00:58.593 --> 00:01:00.084 CHARLIE DIED AT. 31 YEARS OLD. >> BUT BECAUSE. 00:01:00.095 --> 00:01:00.951 >> BUT BECAUSE. >> HE HAD. 00:01:00.962 --> 00:01:02.429 >> HE HAD. >> SURRENDERED, HE. 00:01:02.464 --> 00:01:03.464 >> SURRENDERED, HE. >> ALSO NOW. 00:01:03.465 --> 00:01:04.388 >> ALSO NOW. >> HAS CHANGED. 00:01:04.399 --> 00:01:11.838 >> HAS CHANGED. >> THE TRAJECTORY OF HISTORY. 00:01:11.873 --> 00:01:12.930 >> THE TRAJECTORY OF HISTORY. >> CHARLIE’S. 00:01:12.941 --> 00:01:14.765 >> CHARLIE’S. >> CHARLIE’S OTHER PASSION WAS 00:01:14.776 --> 00:01:18.712 >> CHARLIE’S OTHER PASSION WAS FREE SPEECH. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. 00:01:18.713 --> 00:01:19.012 FREE SPEECH. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. >> THE FREE. 00:01:19.014 --> 00:01:21.172 >> THE FREE. >> FLOW OF INFORMATION WAS THE 00:01:21.183 --> 00:01:23.550 >> FLOW OF INFORMATION WAS THE SOIL, THE WATER, THE SUNLIGHT 00:01:23.585 --> 00:01:26.587 SOIL, THE WATER, THE SUNLIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY. HE UNDERSTOOD 00:01:26.588 --> 00:01:28.689 FOR DEMOCRACY. HE UNDERSTOOD DEMOCRACY IS GREAT ADVANTAGE 00:01:28.690 --> 00:01:31.115 DEMOCRACY IS GREAT ADVANTAGE WAS THAT OUR POLICIES WERE 00:01:31.126 --> 00:01:33.984 WAS THAT OUR POLICIES WERE FORMED, IDEAS THAT HAD 00:01:33.995 --> 00:01:36.997 FORMED, IDEAS THAT HAD TRIUMPHED IN A MARKETPLACE OF 00:01:36.998 --> 00:01:39.199 TRIUMPHED IN A MARKETPLACE OF DEBATE AND CONVERSATION. 00:01:39.201 --> 00:01:39.600 DEBATE AND CONVERSATION. >> HE THOUGHT. 00:01:39.601 --> 00:01:42.803 >> HE THOUGHT. >> THAT CONVERSATION WAS THE. 00:01:42.804 --> 00:01:43.694 >> THAT CONVERSATION WAS THE. >> ONLY WAY TO HEAL. 00:01:43.705 --> 00:01:46.073 >> ONLY WAY TO HEAL. >> OUR COUNTRY. AND THIS WAS 00:01:46.108 --> 00:01:47.031 >> OUR COUNTRY. AND THIS WAS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY 00:01:47.042 --> 00:01:48.599 IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT DURING A 00:01:48.610 --> 00:01:50.778 IMPORTANT DURING A TECHNOLOGICAL. AGE WHEN WE ARE 00:01:50.812 --> 00:01:52.603 TECHNOLOGICAL. AGE WHEN WE ARE ALL HOOKED INTO SOCIAL RHYTHMS, 00:01:52.614 --> 00:01:56.917 ALL HOOKED INTO SOCIAL RHYTHMS, THAT SOCIAL ALGORITHMS THAT ARE 00:01:56.918 --> 00:01:58.976 THAT SOCIAL ALGORITHMS THAT ARE HACKED INTO THE REPTILIAN CORES 00:01:58.987 --> 00:02:02.323 HACKED INTO THE REPTILIAN CORES OF OUR BRAIN AND AMPLIFY OUR 00:02:02.324 --> 00:02:05.116 OF OUR BRAIN AND AMPLIFY OUR IMPULSES FOR TRIBALISM AND FOR 00:02:05.127 --> 00:02:07.795 IMPULSES FOR TRIBALISM AND FOR DIVISION. HE FELT THAT THE ONLY 00:02:07.829 --> 00:02:11.031 DIVISION. HE FELT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THAT BIOLOGICAL 00:02:11.033 --> 00:02:13.134 WAY TO OVERCOME THAT BIOLOGICAL IMPULSE WAS WITH A SPIRITUAL 00:02:13.135 --> 00:02:15.236 IMPULSE WAS WITH A SPIRITUAL FIRE, AND WITH DEVELOPING 00:02:15.237 --> 00:02:17.128 FIRE, AND WITH DEVELOPING COMMUNITY. AND THE ONLY WAY TO 00:02:17.139 --> 00:02:18.630 COMMUNITY. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY WAS THROUGH 00:02:18.641 --> 00:02:21.699 DEVELOP COMMUNITY WAS THROUGH CONVERSATION. AND SO HE ALWAYS 00:02:21.710 --> 00:02:23.835 CONVERSATION. AND SO HE ALWAYS GAVE THE BIGGEST MICROPHONE TO 00:02:23.846 --> 00:02:25.070 GAVE THE BIGGEST MICROPHONE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST 00:02:25.081 --> 00:02:27.238 THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST PASSIONATELY ALIGNED AGAINST 00:02:27.249 --> 00:02:28.716 PASSIONATELY ALIGNED AGAINST HIM, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT 00:02:28.751 --> 00:02:30.852 HIM, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER 00:02:30.853 --> 00:02:33.154 WE NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE 00:02:33.155 --> 00:02:35.313 AND THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT WE MEAN WITHOUT 00:02:35.324 --> 00:02:38.727 TO SAY WHAT WE MEAN WITHOUT SAYING IT. MEAN. A FEW YEARS 00:02:38.761 --> 00:02:41.920 SAYING IT. MEAN. A FEW YEARS AGO, MY BROTHER DAVID DIED AND 00:02:41.931 --> 00:02:44.732 AGO, MY BROTHER DAVID DIED AND I ASKED MY MOTHER, DOES THE 00:02:44.767 --> 00:02:47.068 I ASKED MY MOTHER, DOES THE HOLE THAT THEY LEAVE IN YOU 00:02:47.069 --> 00:02:50.395 HOLE THAT THEY LEAVE IN YOU WHEN THEY DIE? DOES IT EVER GET 00:02:50.406 --> 00:02:51.739 WHEN THEY DIE? DOES IT EVER GET ANY SMALLER? AND SHE SAID TO ME, 00:02:51.774 --> 00:02:54.899 ANY SMALLER? AND SHE SAID TO ME, IT NEVER GETS ANY SMALLER. BUT 00:02:54.910 --> 00:02:56.978 IT NEVER GETS ANY SMALLER. BUT OUR JOB IS TO GROW OURSELVES 00:02:56.979 --> 00:02:58.913 OUR JOB IS TO GROW OURSELVES BIGGER AROUND THE HOLE. AND WE 00:02:58.914 --> 00:03:01.149 BIGGER AROUND THE HOLE. AND WE DO THAT BY TAKING THE BEST 00:03:01.183 --> 00:03:01.906 DO THAT BY TAKING THE BEST QUALITIES, THE BEST, MOST 00:03:01.917 --> 00:03:03.952 QUALITIES, THE BEST, MOST ADMIRABLE CHARACTER TRAITS OF 00:03:03.986 --> 00:03:06.778 ADMIRABLE CHARACTER TRAITS OF THE PERSON THAT DIED AND 00:03:06.789 --> 00:03:09.547 THE PERSON THAT DIED AND INTEGRATE THEM WITH RESTRAINT, 00:03:09.558 --> 00:03:10.682 INTEGRATE THEM WITH RESTRAINT, WITH DISCIPLINE, WITH PRACTICE 00:03:10.693 --> 00:03:13.562 WITH DISCIPLINE, WITH PRACTICE INTO OUR OWN CHARACTER. AND IN 00:03:13.596 --> 00:03:15.220 INTO OUR OWN CHARACTER. AND IN DOING THAT, WE MAKE OURSELVES 00:03:15.231 --> 00:03:16.964 DOING THAT, WE MAKE OURSELVES LARGER AND THE HOLE GETS 00:03:16.999 --> 00:03:19.791 LARGER AND THE HOLE GETS PROPORTIONALLY SMALLER. WE ALSO 00:03:19.802 --> 00:03:22.594 PROPORTIONALLY SMALLER. WE ALSO GIVE A KIND OF IMMORTALITY TO 00:03:22.605 --> 00:03:24.396 GIVE A KIND OF IMMORTALITY TO THE PERSON WHO LEFT US, BECAUSE 00:03:24.407 --> 00:03:26.999 THE PERSON WHO LEFT US, BECAUSE THEIR WORK CONTINUES THROUGH US. 00:03:27.010 --> 00:03:29.968 THEIR WORK CONTINUES THROUGH US. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, MY NIECE 00:03:29.979 --> 00:03:32.738 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, MY NIECE OR MY GRANDDAUGHTER LEFT FOR 00:03:32.749 --> 00:03:35.784 OR MY GRANDDAUGHTER LEFT FOR COLLEGE IN EUROPE. HER MOTHER 00:03:35.818 --> 00:03:37.842 COLLEGE IN EUROPE. HER MOTHER NOTICED THAT SHE PACKED A BIBLE 00:03:37.853 --> 00:03:39.654 NOTICED THAT SHE PACKED A BIBLE AND HER MOTHER ASKED HER WHY 00:03:39.655 --> 00:03:41.789 AND HER MOTHER ASKED HER WHY SHE MADE THAT CHOICE. SHE SAID, 00:03:41.824 --> 00:03:44.616 SHE MADE THAT CHOICE. SHE SAID, I WANT TO LIVE MORE LIKE 00:03:44.627 --> 00:03:54.593 I WANT TO LIVE MORE LIKE CHARLIE. AND IT’S. ONE OF MY 00:03:54.604 --> 00:03:55.728 CHARLIE. AND IT’S. ONE OF MY FIRST CONVERSATIONS WITH 00:03:55.739 --> 00:03:58.006 FIRST CONVERSATIONS WITH CHARLIE AND JULY OF 2021. WE 00:03:58.041 --> 00:03:59.932 CHARLIE AND JULY OF 2021. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RISKS 00:03:59.943 --> 00:04:02.168 WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RISKS THAT ALL OF US TAKE WHEN WE 00:04:02.179 --> 00:04:02.811 THAT ALL OF US TAKE WHEN WE CHALLENGE AND INTEREST THE 00:04:02.846 --> 00:04:04.870 CHALLENGE AND INTEREST THE PHYSICAL RISK. AND HE ASKED ME 00:04:04.881 --> 00:04:07.616 PHYSICAL RISK. AND HE ASKED ME IF I WAS SCARED OF DYING. AND I 00:04:07.650 --> 00:04:09.808 IF I WAS SCARED OF DYING. AND I SAID TO HIM, THERE’S A LOT 00:04:09.819 --> 00:04:10.943 SAID TO HIM, THERE’S A LOT WORSE THINGS THAN DEATH. AND 00:04:10.954 --> 00:04:14.423 WORSE THINGS THAN DEATH. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS IF WE 00:04:14.457 --> 00:04:15.914 ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS IF WE LOST OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 00:04:15.925 --> 00:04:17.559 LOST OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT OUR 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.929 IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT OUR CHILDREN WERE RAISED AS SLAVES 00:04:20.964 --> 00:04:31.030 CHILDREN WERE RAISED AS SLAVES AND. I SAID TO CHARLIE, I SAID, 00:04:31.041 --> 00:04:32.407 AND. I SAID TO CHARLIE, I SAID, SOMETIMES THE BEST CONSOLATION 00:04:32.409 --> 00:04:35.711 SOMETIMES THE BEST CONSOLATION WE CAN HOPE FOR IS THAT WE GET 00:04:35.712 --> 00:04:37.870 WE CAN HOPE FOR IS THAT WE GET TO DIE WITH OUR BOOTS ON. WELL, 00:04:37.881 --> 00:04:39.715 TO DIE WITH OUR BOOTS ON. WELL, CHARLIE DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON, 00:04:39.716 --> 00:04:43.052 CHARLIE DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON, AND HE DIED TO, TO MAKE SURE 00:04:43.086 --> 00:04:46.245 AND HE DIED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE TO UNDERGO 00:04:46.256 --> 00:04:48.014 THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE TO UNDERGO THOSE FATES THAT ARE WORSE THAN 00:04:48.025 --> 00:04:50.816 THOSE FATES THAT ARE WORSE THAN DEATH. OH, LET’S REMEMBER, 00:04:50.827 --> 00:04:53.786 DEATH. OH, LET’S REMEMBER, CHARLIE, HE WAS A HE WAS FOR 00:04:53.797 --> 00:04:56.389 CHARLIE, HE WAS A HE WAS FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE FRIENDS 00:04:56.400 --> 00:04:59.435 THOSE OF US WHO WERE FRIENDS WITH CHARLIE, WE DON’T NEED ANY 00:04:59.436 --> 00:05:00.927 WITH CHARLIE, WE DON’T NEED ANY MORE EVIDENCE OF THE LOVE OF 00:05:00.938 --> 00:05:05.574 MORE EVIDENCE OF THE LOVE OF GOD, BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE, THE 00:05:05.609 --> 00:05:06.833 GOD, BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE, THE FRIENDSHIP, IS THE BEST 00:05:06.844 --> 00:05:08.978 FRIENDSHIP, IS THE BEST EVIDENCE THAT GOD LOVES US ALL. 00:05:09.012 --> 00:05:09.745 EVIDENCE THAT GOD LOVES US ALL. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.