The junior Senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatred of uninformed and credulous people that he has started a prairie fire, which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.
J. William FulbrightThe greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.
J. William FulbrightThe American public has become so conditioned by crises, by warnings, by words, that there are few, other than the young, who protest against what is happening.
J. William FulbrightThe exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
J. William FulbrightWell, we have the leverage in the sense that we supply all the wherewithal...or a major part of the wherewithal to finance or to pay for everything Israel does. We don't have any leverage in the sense that Israel controls the Senate. The Senate is at least...a subservient, in my opinion, much too much. We should be more concerned about the United States' interest, rather than doing the bidding of Israel. This is a most unusual development.
J. William FulbrightEducation is the best means-probably the only means-by which nations can cultivate a degree of objectivity about each other's behavior and intentions. It is the means by which Russians and Americans can come to understand each others' aspirations for peace and how the satisfactions of everyday life may be achieved.
J. William Fulbright