Quotes by J. William Fulbright

About J. William Fulbright:

James William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from January 1945 until his resignation in December 1974.
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.

J. William Fulbright

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

J. William Fulbright

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

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.

J. William Fulbright

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.

J. William Fulbright

The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.

J. William Fulbright

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

J. William Fulbright

I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive.

J. William Fulbright

As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.

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.

J. William Fulbright

I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.

J. William Fulbright

Author Bio

  • NameJ. William Fulbright
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornApril 9, 1905
  • DiedFebruary 9, 1995
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Fear