"We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

Power, Fool, Want

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"We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes."

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

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"Think you're a slave and you'll find a master, think you're a master and slaves will find you."

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"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

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"The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world."

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"The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life."

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"In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest."

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"Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations."

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"There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable."

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