“Civilization, it was once said, is a race between education and catastrophe — and we intend to win that race for education.”

— John F. Kennedy

1963, Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin

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35th president of the United States of America 1917–1963

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