James W. Fulbright Quotes

"To be a statesman, you must first get elected."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: First)

"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: Thoughts, Options, Possibilities, World)

"We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: Power, Fool, Want)

"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."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: Country, Military, Public, Tradition)

"The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: People, Control, American, Fire, May)

"In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: Faith, Act, Democracy, Dissent, Medicine, Taste, Value)

"The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life."
- James W. Fulbright
(Related: Life, Difficulties)