What did J. William Fulbright mean by: The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute. - J. William Fulbright Copy
+ The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Government, Peace, War, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ The price of empire is America’s soul, and that price is too high. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, America, Peace, War, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Legislature, Strong, Virtue, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Difficulty, Political, Program, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Omnipotence, Virtue, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Character, Dissent, Intolerance, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Inevitable, 0 - J. William Fulbright
+ Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. William Fulbright, Finals, Maturity, 0 - J. William Fulbright
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life? - Michel Foucault Philosopher and historian of ideas · France
Each person is a really a great treasure house of capacities, possibilities, energies. - Jean Houston Scholar
Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. - Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on. - Jeff Bingaman