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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 6, 1962

It is my firm conviction that the enactment of this legislation and the actual operation of such a system would provide a dramatic demonstration of our leadership in this area of space activity, our intention to share the benefits of space…

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

Education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our democratic way of life.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

The total number of graduates receiving doctorate degrees has increased only about one-third in ten years.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

A student's ability--not his parents' income--should determine whether he has the opportunity to enter medicine or dentistry.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

Every year of further delay means a further loss of the opportunity for quality instruction to students who will never get that opportunity back.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

We are justly proud of the vitality, the creativity and the variety of the contemporary contributions our citizens can offer to the world of the arts.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

No task before our Nation is more important than expanding and improving the educational opportunities of all our people.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

The control and operation of education in America must remain the responsibility of State and local governments and private institutions.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

Last year I sent to the Congress a proposal to meet the urgent needs of the Nation's elementary and secondary schools.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1962

College enrollments alone will nearly double, requiring approximately twice as many facilities to serve nearly 7 million students by 1970.

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