02/01/1966
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"Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country."
"I cannot give you a scroll or a medal bearing your new title."
"It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story which Americans share with the people of the Soviet Union."
"For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do."