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In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect,...

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A pre-emptive war in 'defense' of freedom would surely destroy freedom, because one simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.

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A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are.

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It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.

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J. William Fulbright

J. William Fulbright
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Born: April 9, 1905
Died: February 9, 1995 (aged 89)
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