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We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.

~J. William Fulbright

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There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it.

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There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.

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There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world.

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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.

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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.

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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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Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.

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In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.

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In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest.

~J. William Fulbright

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 9th, 1905

Died: February 9th, 1995

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