"The John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics was originally intended to bring scholars and politicians into closer contact, on the assumption that other office-holders can use academics as profitably as Kennedy did during his political career."

-- Donald E. Graham

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“Iâ€™d ask you to hang out with us, but youâ€™re not supposed to see me this way.â€™â€¦ â€˜What way?â€™ I ask. â€˜Drunk?â€™ â€˜Yeahâ€¦well, no.â€™ His voice softens. â€˜Real, I guess.â€™ â€˜Iâ€™ll pretend I didnâ€™t.â€™ â€˜Nice of you.â€™ He puts his lips next to my ear and says, â€˜You look good, Tris.â€™â€¦ I laugh. â€˜Do me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?â€™ â€˜Of course.â€™ He winks at me.”
“This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.”
“If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private school . . . At the next session you may ban books and newspapers. Soon you may set Catholic against Protestant and Protestant against Protestant, and try to foist your own religion upon the minds of men.”
“To me, patriotism means dedication to the principles on which the country was founded and a willingness to stand firm and fight for these principles regardless of what the government says or does”
“I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.”
“For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.”
“To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.”
“I abhor television. Notice how i said â€˜televisionâ€™ and not â€˜TVâ€™ because TV is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television is no friend of mine.”

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