John F. Kennedy Quotes:
Ocupation: 35th U.S. President
Life: May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963
Birthday: May 29
Death: November 22
Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a free and peaceful society--but the educated citizen has a special responsibility by the virtue of his greater understanding. For whether he has ever studied history or current events, ethics or civics, the rules of a profession or the tools of a trade, he knows that only a respect for the law makes it possible for free men to dwell together in peace and progress.
source: Vanderbilt University 90th Anniversary Convocation Address, delivered 18 May 1963, Vanderbilt University Stadium, Nashville Tennessee
topic: Responsibility, Men, Law, Civics, Peaceful Society, Current Events
