"In our excessive involvement in the affairs of……" — J. William Fulbright
"In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest."
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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,…
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Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I…
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There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as…
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The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich…
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Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little…
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The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. It's the only activity…
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The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and…
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It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own…
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Education is the best means-probably the only means-by which nations can cultivate a degree of objectivity about each other's behavior…
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Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international…
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....Man's struggle to be rational about himself, about his relationship to his own society and to other peoples and nations…
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The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed…
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
— Hannah Arendt
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
— Charles Babbage
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
— Irving Babbitt
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
— Honore de Balzac
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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