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James W. Fulbright
American
Politician
About the author
I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
James W. Fulbright,
American
Politician
#Men
#Americans
#Opinion
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,
American
Politician
#Possibilities
#World
#Thoughts
#Options
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,
American
Politician
#Want
#Power
#Fool
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,
American
Politician
#Democracy
#Faith
#Act
#Value
#Medicine
#Taste
#Dissent