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On the recordAugust 4, 1963
Today, more than ever before, education is a prerequisite for progress and it is the passkey to the future.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message to the Delegates to the Third Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education.

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