If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am co…

John F. Kennedy
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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. ✨ John F. Kennedy's Speech at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, www.jfklibrary.org. June 14, 1956.
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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. ✨ John F. Kennedy's Speech at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, www.jfklibrary.org. June 14, 1956.

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