John Kennedy actually said...

A high rate of investment in education is essential for our national economic growth, our scientific advancement and our national security.

Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Youth.

02/13/1963

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My judgment is clear.

My name is Kennedy and I have come to ask your support.

Thus, today, the university is, in the words of Woodrow Wilson, 'the root of our intellectual life as a nation.'

First, that we provide 15,000 to 25,000 national scholarships for our brightest and most talented boys and girls, who will return that inves...