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On the recordSeptember 3, 1963
Education is not merely a means and an end, and not merely a technique, but also a way to the good life which is a way to a more secure and afterlife.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to a Group Attending the Convention of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.

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