J. William Fulbright Quotes
Top 31 wise famous quotes and sayings by J. William Fulbright
J. William Fulbright Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from J. William Fulbright on Wise Famous Quotes.
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.
Our government will soon become what it is already a long way toward becoming, an elective dictatorship.
We would be deliberately violating the fundamental obligations we assumed in the Act of Bogota establishing the Organization of American States.
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.
What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.
In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are.
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 rely on them.
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.
Power tends to confuse itself with virtue, and a great nation is peculiarly susceptible to the idea that its power is a sign of God's favor.
Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.