"In a democracy, dissent is an act of…" — J. William Fulbright

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73 Quotes by J. William Fulbright

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International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point,…
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I…
There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as…
The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich…
Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little…
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. It's the only activity…
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and…
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own…
Education is the best means-probably the only means-by which nations can cultivate a degree of objectivity about each other's behavior…
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international…
....Man's struggle to be rational about himself, about his relationship to his own society and to other peoples and nations…
The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed…

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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