In A Democracy, Dissent Is

Educational Exchange Can Turn Nations Into People, Contributing As No Other Form Of Communication Can To The Humanizing Of International Relations

Once Imbued With The Idea Of A Mission, A Great Nation Easily Assumes That It Has The Means As Well As The Duty To Do God's Work.

There Are Two Americas. One Is The America Of Lincoln And Adlai Stevenson; The Other Is The America Of Teddy Roosevelt And The Modern Superpatriots. One Is Generous And Humane, The Other Narrowly Egotistical; One Is Self-critical, The Other Self-righteous; One Is Sensible, The Other Romantic; One Is Good-humored, The Other Solemn; One Is Inquiring, The Other Pontificating; One Is Moderate, The Other Filled With Passionate Intensity; One Is Judicious And The Other Arrogant In The Use Of Great Power.

I'm Sure That President Johnson Would Never Have Pursued The War In Vietnam If He'd Ever Had A Fulbright To Japan, Or Say Bangkok, Or Had Any Feeling For What These People Are Like And Why They Acted The Way They Did. He Was Completely Ignorant.

The Preservation Of Our Free Society In The Years And Decades To Come Will Depend Ultimately On Whether We Succeed Or Fail In Directing The Enormous Power Of Human Knowledge To The Enrichment Of Our Own Lives And The Shaping Of A Rational And Civilized World Order....it Is The Task Of Education, More Than Any Other Instrument Of Foreign Policy To Help Close The Dangerous Gap Between The Economic And Technological Interdependence Of The People Of The World And Their Psychological, Political And Spiritual Alienation.