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On the recordMay 15, 1961
For unless education aims at elevating the motives of men we can find no basic answer to the division and troubles of our times.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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

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