I have long believed, as you know, that the quality of America's cultural life is an element of immense importance in the scales by which our worth will ultimately be weighed.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I have long believed, as you know, that the quality of America's cultural life is an element of immense importance in…”
On the recordJune 16, 1963
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Letter Accepting Resignation of August Heckscher as Special Consultant for the Arts.
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