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
school atheism democracy
This is regrettable indeed for a nation that aspires to teach democracy to other nations, because, as Burke said: "Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."
self curiosity atheism
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.
organization fundamentals would-be
We would be deliberately violating the fundamental obligations we assumed in the Act of Bogota establishing the Organization of American States.
war fighting winning
During a single week of July 1967, 164 Americans were killed and 2100 were wounded in city riots in the United States. We are truly fighting a two-front war and doing badly in both. Each war feeds on the other and, although the President assures us that we have the resources to win both wars, in fact we are not winning either.
trying barbarians damage
One simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian ... one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.
ideas people needs
It's unnatural and unhealthy for a nation to be engaged in global crusades for some principle or idea while neglecting the needs of its own people.
government order nwo
The case for government by elites is irrefutable.
war educational government
With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in August of that year. A number of considerations, of course, entered into my decision to introduce the bill, growing from my own experience as a Rhodes scholar and the experiences our government had had with the first Word War debts, [Herbert] Hoover's efforts in establishing the Belgian-American Education Foundation after World War I, [and] the Boxer Rebellion indemnity.
country strong military
There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
political firsts statesmen
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
positive-thinking thinking dare
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts.
maturity finals accommodations
Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations.
law reign united-states
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
omnipotence virtue
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.