05/07/1995
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"America celebrates October as National Arts and Humanities Month to recognize the unique role that the arts and humanities play in the lives of our families, our communities, and our country."
"Great writers reveal a world we've never seen but instantly recognize as authentic."
"Let us remember that the arts and humanities are a necessity, not a luxury, and that every American deserves to have access to them."
"Today, on the threshold of a new millennium, they are more essential than ever to the endurance of our values of tolerance, pluralism, and freedom; to our understanding of where we are and where we ne..."