Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of knowledge, reason, and compassion in fostering global peace and friendship among nations.
J. William Fulbright's quote reflects the belief that through the promotion of knowledge, reason, and compassion, nations can overcome conflicts and misunderstandings. By fostering these virtues in world affairs, he suggests that it becomes more likely for countries to coexist harmoniously, leading to lasting peace and friendship.
In practice
This quote could be used during a peace summit to emphasize the need for dialogue.
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.
The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations.
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes.
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.
A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.
The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.
I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.
Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace!
In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.
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