09/24/1964
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"It really was the instrument which took a boy from the countryside of Texas and opened to him the boundless dreams and the opportunities of American life."
"I not only learned, but I taught, and I saw for myself how the light of learning could brighten the path of the humble."
"This Nation has really always been an experiment--an experiment in the capacity of a whole people, ruling its rulers, to deal with changing peril and with shifting expectations."
"It is what happens inside that classroom that really counts, and that is finally what is really important."