In A Democracy, Dissent Is An Act

We Are Trying To Remake Vietnamese Society, A Task Which Certainly Cannot Be Accomplished By Force And Which Probably Cannot Be Accomplished By Any Means Available To Outsiders.

Education Is The Best Means-probably The Only Means-by Which Nations Can Cultivate A Degree Of Objectivity About Each Other's Behavior And Intentions. It Is The Means By Which Russians And Americans Can Come To Understand Each Others' Aspirations For Peace And How The Satisfactions Of Everyday Life May Be Achieved.

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.

The Biggest Lesson I Learned From Vietnam Is Not To Trust [our Own] Government Statements.

The Essence Of Intercultural Education Is The Acquisition Of Empathy-the Ability To See The World As Others See It, And To Allow For The Possibility That Others May See Something We Have Failed To See, Or May See It More Accurately. The Simple Purpose Of The Exchange Program...is To Erode The Culturally Rooted Mistrust That Sets Nations Against One Another. The Exchange Program Is Not A Panacea But An Avenue Of Hope.