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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “A free Nation can rise no higher than the standard of excellence set in its schools and colleges.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1963
A free Nation can rise no higher than the standard of excellence set in its schools and colleges.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Education.

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