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Fulbright, J. William

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"THE PRICE OP EMPIRE"—ADDRESS BY SENATOR FULBRIGHT Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, I ask the Senator from Maine for 2 minutes. Mr. MUSKIE. I yield 2 minutes on the bill to the Senator from Pennsylvania. Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, at a special luncheon sponsored jointly by the Section of General Practice and the Section of International and Comparative Law of the American Bar Association, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 8, 1967, our colleague, Senator J. W. FULBRIGHT, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, made a most perceptive address under the title "The Price of Empire." Senator FULBRIGHT'S views on the war in Vietnam and on its relationship to the riots in this country are well known, but I would like to call to the attention of my colleagues the final section of this splendid speech, entitled "The Regenerative Power of Youth." In this section Senator FULBRIGHT indicates his strong support for the younger generation which is coming along in this country and which he believes will save us from the frightening difficulties into which the older generation has placed our country. He concludes his address with these words: If I had to bet my money on what is going to happen, I would bet on this younger generation—this generation who reject the inhumanity of war in a poor and distant land, who reject the poverty and sham in their own country, this generation who are telling their elders what their elders ought to have known, that the price of empire...
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J. William Fulbright Speaks

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  1. Domestic Issues
  2. Foreign Policy
  3. International Relations

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