Remarks to Representatives of American Indian Tribes.
08/14/1962
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Society for too long has closed the door against the mentally retarded.
We have left behind prejudice, superstition and ignorance which since the dawn of time distorted our thinking about the mentally retarded.
Our present system of care might better be called our system of 'don't care'.
There can be no greater evidence of American vitality, intelligence and humanitarian tradition.