Author: J. William Fulbright

Quotes

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.

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.

- J. William Fulbright

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.

- J. William Fulbright

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

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

- J. William Fulbright

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.

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

The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.

The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.

- J. William Fulbright

What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.

What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.

- J. William Fulbright

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

- J. William Fulbright

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