Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, NEH and the National Endowment for the Humanities is a unique organization. It fosters democracy in this country; it fosters all of the elements of democracy in this country. Every year the National Endowment for the Humanities enables over 3,200 teachers from all over the country to participate in teacher institutes and summer seminars that help them improve their teaching. What do they teach? These are the teachers who teach history, languages, philosophy, ethics, religion, literature, arts. In other words, the very foundation of a democracy. This organization as well is currently engaged in preserving all of the old books that are disintegrating with time. The NEH's Brittle Books Program has already preserved almost three-quarters of a million volumes. NEH is an outstanding organization of approximately 100,000 grants that have been made since 1965 when the organization was created without a breath of scandal.”