Remarks in Belleville, Illinois
10/20/1964
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Nothing--nothing at all--matters more than trained intelligence.
That is why we invest more in education than in any other enterprise in this country, except our national defense.
If your education falters or fails, everything else that we attempt as a Nation will fail.
Everything I want to work for, as your President, to achieve peace, to conquer poverty, to build a worthy civilization--all of these depend ...