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.

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
Save QuoteView Quote
Similar Quotes by 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
Save QuoteView Quote

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.

J. William Fulbright
Save QuoteView Quote

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

J. William Fulbright
Save QuoteView Quote

To criticize one's country is to do it a service... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism--a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation.

J. William Fulbright (Senator)
Save QuoteView Quote

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith.

J. William Fulbright (Senator)
Save QuoteView Quote

My question is whether America can overcome the fatal arrogance of power.

J. William Fulbright (Senator)
Save QuoteView Quote
Related Topics to j-william-fulbright Quotes