Political Quotes

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration; environmental lawyer and 2024 independent presidential candidate.

Quotes by year · 2008–2026824 total · peak 2025 (472)
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★ Featured Quote

October 17, 2026

We’ve done better. We’re having a global measles outbreak right now.

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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  1. The nation is ready for change and recognizes that this is a unique inflection moment.29 sources2026lailluminator.com
  2. States that receive federal Medicaid funding must demonstrate that every dollar meets federal requirements.8 sources2026arkansasadvocate.com
  3. The press is all covering this [as] if those measles deaths actually happened, and nobody is doing any critical inquiry to find out – we’re trying to find out whether those deaths actually happened, and we can’t figure that out.2 sources2026penncapital-star.com
  4. We are actually restoring faith in the public health agencies so people will take our advice, and our advice is that people should get the measles vaccination.2 sources2026penncapital-star.com
  5. The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor’s hopeful staffers.2 sources2026huffpost.com
  6. If somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn't do that.2 sources2026cbsnews.com
Oct 16, 2026

We will follow the science, enforce the law, and deliver the clarity patients, providers, and pharmacies deserve.

dailycaller.com
Oct 16, 2026

Today, we took long-overdue action to restore science, accountability, and the rule of law.

dailycaller.com
Oct 9, 2026

Much better informed than any doctor in the country.

cbsnews.com
Oct 8, 2026

“President [Donald] Trump and I are building a health system that takes them seriously, follows the evidence, and uses what we learn to make vaccines safer. This is how we earn back trust in our public health institutions.”

dailycaller.com
Oct 8, 2026

“We must listen to patients and families who report vaccine injuries — not dismiss or gaslight them,”

dailycaller.com
Oct 5, 2026

It would be malpractice for a doctor to make a diagnosis, or to make a prescription, without at least checking AI.

thebulwark.com
Oct 1, 2026

If somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn't do that.

cbsnews.com
Oct 1, 2026

Public officials who tell Americans to defer to experts will "never ever again" be able to dominate them.

cbsnews.com
Oct 1, 2026

It has the power to "free us from medical tyranny.

cbsnews.com
Oct 1, 2026

Artificial intelligence can give patients "a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country.

cbsnews.com
Sep 30, 2026

That is how we strengthen rural health, improve the lives of patients and families, and Make America Healthy Again.

dailycaller.com
Sep 30, 2026

We are putting resources directly into rural communities to strengthen the health workforce, modernize infrastructure, expand access, and bring care closer to home.

dailycaller.com
Sep 6, 2026

Governor Shapiro, by contrast, politicized these two tragic deaths before the underlying causes had been established.

salon.com
Sep 6, 2026

The facts emerging now demonstrate why CDC waited for the evidence rather than allowing political grandstanding to dictate its reporting.

salon.com
Aug 30, 2026

The performance was a replay of the Democrats' COVID playbook: fearmongering, misinformation, finger-pointing, and the weaponization of infectious disease fears for political gain.

foxnews.com
Aug 30, 2026

Governor Shapiro's unseemly rush to Lancaster County to convene a national press conference and his giddy delight in announcing two measles deaths was a morose commentary on the contemporary political dialogue.

foxnews.com
Aug 28, 2026

The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor’s hopeful staffers.

huffpost.com
Aug 27, 2026

Kennedy has a long history as a vaccine skeptic.

npr.org
Aug 26, 2026

Vaccines are medical interventions … intended to permanently alter your immune system, and so parents ought to have a say in that, and the decision should be between the parents and the physician and not the state.

penncapital-star.com
Aug 26, 2026

We are actually restoring faith in the public health agencies so people will take our advice, and our advice is that people should get the measles vaccination.

penncapital-star.com
Aug 26, 2026

The press is all covering this [as] if those measles deaths actually happened, and nobody is doing any critical inquiry to find out – we’re trying to find out whether those deaths actually happened, and we can’t figure that out.

penncapital-star.com

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