I got the finest education in the same way that any corporate executive or any scientist or any academic could get and was allowed to be able to have the honor and the privilege of serving in this body. So it is a precious, precious gift, if you will, that we need to preserve this ability. It is values. It is what we prize and what we value in our society is this ability for education.
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