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Social Secretary Quotes: Letitia Balrige
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Social Secretary Quotes: Letitia Balrige
Social Secretary Letitia Baldrige. August 25, 1961.
Letitia Baldrige, social secretary in the Kennedy administration, 1961 to 1963
“The solid, lasting values that shape one's life are a gift of experience, the result of a very precious process of continuous selection….To be a part of a precious moment of history is perhaps one of the greatest privileges in life.”
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