The American Public Has Become So Conditioned

We Must Care To Think About The Unthinkable Things, Because When Things Become Unthinkable, Thinking Stops And Action Becomes Mindless.

Some New Machinery With Adequate Powers Must Be Created Now If Our Fine Phrases And Noble Sentiments Are To Have Substance And Meaning For Our Children.

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.

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.

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