Kennedy, John F. -- “Proclamation 3422 – American Education Week, 1961” (25 Jul 1961)

Dave — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:44:57 +0000

The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) American politician, author, journalist, US President (1961–63)
“Proclamation 3422 – American Education Week, 1961” (25 Jul 1961)
(Source)

Baldwin, James -- “Letter from a Region of My Mind,” The New Yorker (17 Nov 1962)

Dave — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:22:06 +0000

If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.

James Baldwin (1924-1987) American novelist, playwright, activist
“Letter from a Region of My Mind,” The New Yorker (17 Nov 1962)

Republished as "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind" in The Fire Next Time (1963)

WIST Quotations

Kennedy, John F. -- “Proclamation 3422 – American Education Week, 1961” (25 Jul 1961)

Baldwin, James -- “Letter from a Region of My Mind,” The New Yorker (17 Nov 1962)