The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute…

J. William Fulbright
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The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute. ✨ Senator Fulbright: Portrait of a Public Philosopher. Book by Tristram Coffin, 1966.
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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.
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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence. ✨ J. William Fulbright (2011). The Arrogance of Power, p.16, Random House
We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world.

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute. ✨ Senator Fulbright: Portrait of a Public Philosopher. Book by Tristram Coffin, 1966.

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