When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests. J. William Fulbright advantagedamagedisorder share on social
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 achieveasiadeficiency Change image and share on social
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence. J. William Fulbright confuseomnipotencepower Change image and share on social
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. J. William Fulbright clearfinitelong Change image and share on social
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 affairassetcountry share on social
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. J. William Fulbright actdemocracydissent Change image and share on social
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 conservativeexpandinterest Change image and share on social
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. J. William Fulbright excusefailuregreat Change image and share on social
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. J. William Fulbright countryeducatefunction Change image and share on social
What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact. J. William Fulbright americanculturaleconomic Change image and share on social
