US Presidency
1963

tyranny and the oppressions of mind and body will vanish, like evil spirits at the dawn of day. And, therefore, the educated citizen has a special obligation to encourage the pursuit of learning, to promote exploration of the unknown, to preserve the freedom of inquiry, to support the advancement of research, and to assist at every level of government the improvement of education for all Americans, from grade school to graduate school. Secondly, the educated citizen has an obligation to serve the public. He may be a precinct worker or President. He may give his talents at the courthouse, the State house, the White House. He may be a civil servant or a Senator, a candidate or a campaign worker, a winner or a loser. But he must be a participant and not a spectator. At the Olympic games, Aristotle wrote, it is not the finest and strongest men who are crowned, but they who enter the lists for out of these the prize-men are elected.