J. William Fulbright Quotes About Education
-
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.
→ -
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility that others may see something we have failed to see, or may see it more accurately. The simple purpose of the exchange program...is to erode the culturally rooted mistrust that sets nations against one another. The exchange program is not a panacea but an avenue of hope.
→ -
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
- Born: April 9, 1905
- Died: February 9, 1995
- Occupation: Former United States Senator
Related Authors
-
Mike Mansfield Former member of the U.S. Senate -
Irving Kristol Columnist -
Barry Goldwater Former United States Senator -
Dale Bumpers Former Governor of Arkansas -
-
Richard M. Nixon 37th U.S. President -
Strom Thurmond Former United States Senator -
Vic Snyder Former U.S. Representative -
Lyndon B. Johnson 36th U.S. President -
Leon Jaworski Special prosecutor -
William Westmoreland Military Commander -
Eugene McCarthy Former United States Senator -
Everett Dirksen Former U.S. Senator -
Sean Penn Actor -
Robert McNamara Former United States Secretary of Defense -
Dean Rusk Former United States Secretary of State -
William J. Clinton 42nd U.S. President -
Hubert H. Humphrey Former Vice President of the United States -
Robert Byrd Former United States Senator -
