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From Quotes by J. William Fulbright
- 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…
- There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint…
- It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of…
- 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…
- The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.
- It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which…
- It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a…
- The junior Senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatred of uninformed and credulous people that he has…
- Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the…
- "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…
- The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he…
- The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not…
- The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political lifeThe junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has…
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