"Once imbued with the idea of a mission,……" — J. William Fulbright
"Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work."
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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,…
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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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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
— Dean Acheson
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Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon…
— Deepak Chopra
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It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the…
— Jimmy Cannon
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to…
— Jerry Bridges
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That…
— Theodore Dwight Weld
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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of…
— Douglas MacArthur
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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
— William Shakespeare
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English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy…
— James Anthony Froude
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Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But…
— Dan Barker
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Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to…
— John Cage
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If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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