John Kennedy actually said...

Washington does not have one and I think this country suffers not only in the minds of our own people, but I think in the general impression of this society of ours as being one that is interested in many forms of human activity.

Context

Remarks Upon Signing Bill To Amend the National Cultural Center Act

08/18/1963

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