...we were a smart and knowledgeable country, with a smart and knowledgeable citizenry, with a smart and knowledgeable President, a country set to do great things, many of which got done, but we are so much stupider and ignorant now, a country set to do no great things and to undo many of the great things that did get done before...
RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDUCATED CITIZENS - May 18, 1963