The duty of the scholar, of the educated man, of the man or woman whom society has developed talents in, the duty of that man or woman is to help build the society which has made their own advancement possible.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The duty of the scholar, of the educated man, of the man or woman whom society has developed talents in, the duty of…”
On the recordJune 25, 1963
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Address at the Free University of Berlin
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