J. William Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbrightwas a United States Senator representing Arkansas from January 1945 until his resignation in December 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 April 1905
CountryUnited States of America
country patriotic house
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
powerful moving force
Education is a slow moving but powerful force
science thinking care
We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
nice educational views
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since the initiation of the Fulbright scholarships in 1946-in trying to find the words that would persuasively explain that educational exchange is not merely one of those nice but marginal activities in which we engage in international affairs, but rather, from the standpoint of future world peace and order, probably the most important and potentially rewarding of our foreign-policy activities.
freedom medicine democracy
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
liars men indulge-in
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.
people long understanding
In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
peace years civilization
"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."
art educational technology
The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life by exposing it to the science and art of many societies.
war america soul
The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
differences peaceful culture
The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.
educational men empathy
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.
educational communication people
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations
thinking world possibility
We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.