To Be A Statesman, You Must First

Of All The Joint Ventures In Which We Might Engage, The Most Productive, In My View, Is Educational Exchange. I Have Always Had Great Difficulty-since The Initiation Of The Fulbright Scholarships In 1946-in Trying To Find The Words That Would Persuasively Explain That Educational Exchange Is Not Merely One Of Those Nice But Marginal Activities In Which We Engage In International Affairs, But Rather, From The Standpoint Of Future World Peace And Order, Probably The Most Important And Potentially Rewarding Of Our Foreign-policy Activities.

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.

There Has Been A Strong Tradition In This Country That It Is Not The Function Of The Military To Educate The Public On Political Issues.

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.

To Give [the Bay Of Pigs Invasion Of Cuba] Even Covert Support Is On A Par With The Hypocrisy And Cynicism For Which The United States Is Constantly Denouncing The Soviet Union In The United Nations And Elsewhere. This Point Will Not Be Lost On The Rest Of The World, Nor On Our Own Consciences.