J. William Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbrightwas a United States Senator representing Arkansas from January 1945 until his resignation in December 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 April 1905
CountryUnited States of America
J. William Fulbright quotes about
strong virtue legislature
The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.
school atheism democracy
This is regrettable indeed for a nation that aspires to teach democracy to other nations, because, as Burke said: "Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."
self curiosity atheism
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.
organization fundamentals would-be
We would be deliberately violating the fundamental obligations we assumed in the Act of Bogota establishing the Organization of American States.
loyalty men too-much
To ask for overt renunciation of a cherished doctrine is to expect too much of human nature. Men do not repudiate the doctrines and dogmas to which they have sworn their loyalty. Instead they rationalize, revise, and re-interpret them to meet new needs and new circumstances, all the while protesting that their heresy is the purest orthodoxy.
freedom democracy dissent
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
maturity finals accommodations
Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations.
unions done excuse
The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
positive-thinking thinking dare
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts.
political firsts statesmen
To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
country strong military
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.
god destiny hands
Naturepitiless in a pitiless universeis certainly not concerned with the survival of Americans or, for that matter, of any of the two billion people now inhabiting this earth. Hence, our destiny, with the aid of God, remains in our own hands.
voice sound crowds
It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.
war educational government
With 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.