The arts, far from being a diversion, are a central element of national purpose, and in the highest sense, are a test of the quality of a civilization.
US President, Cuban Missile Crisis
The arts, far from being a diversion, are a central element of national purpose, and in the highest sense, are a test of the quality of a civilization.
US President, Cuban Missile Crisis
Remarks at a White House dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners
1962
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