Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.
J. William FulbrightIn a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
J. William FulbrightIn the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
J. William FulbrightEducation 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 strongest force available for that purpose and in its proper place, therefore, is not at the periphery, but at the center of international relations.
J. William FulbrightLaw is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
J. William FulbrightWith respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in August of that year. A number of considerations, of course, entered into my decision to introduce the bill, growing from my own experience as a Rhodes scholar and the experiences our government had had with the first Word War debts, [Herbert] Hoover's efforts in establishing the Belgian-American Education Foundation after World War I, [and] the Boxer Rebellion indemnity.
J. William Fulbright