John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We seek citizens and statesmen whose guiding principle is not who is…”

On the recordMay 15, 1961

We seek citizens and statesmen whose guiding principle is not who is right but what is right.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message to the Addis Ababa Conference of African States on the Development of Education.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We seek citizens and statesmen whose guiding principle is not who is right but what is right.”