“If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.”

*Speech at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 14 June 1956. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files, Box 895, “Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 June 1956.” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
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