William Fulbright

William Fulbright D-Arkansas over the question of whether the overall position of the West had worsened while the Soviet Union had been advanced.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

William Fulbright once famously termed "the arrogance of power."

President Obama Is Proof of American Exceptionalism 2011

As in the 1960s, the U.S. risked becoming an emblem of William Fulbright's "arrogance of power."

Tyranny and Indifference Bret Stephens 2011

William Fulbright and Jimmy Carter are merely a few of many Weil lecturers who have appeared at the ancient venue, Hill Hall.

Michael Carmichael: Imam Rauf In Chapel Hill: What's Right With America Michael Carmichael 2011

William Fulbright, convinced Julia Child to allow her kitchen to appear as an avant-garde portrait en masse of her life and contributions, and engineered the hanging of Stephen Colbert's picture of himself near the bathroom door of the Portrait Gallery.

Steve Clemons: Holiday Gift & Giving Ideas that Involve Matt Damon Steve Clemons 2011

William Fulbright D-Arkansas over the question of whether the overall position of the West had worsened while the Soviet Union had been advanced.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

Within a couple of years, appreciable dissent was coming from William Fulbright, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Frank Church and George McGovern.

Norman Solomon: Unanimous Conformity in the Senate 2010

At another point, the committee's chairman, Senator William Fulbright, Democrat of Arkansas, raised concerns that if the senators did not take a stand on the war, "We are just a useless appendix on the governmental structure."

Russ Baker: SENATORS: WE'RE ALL BEING LIED TO 2010

William Fulbright and Frank Church would say if they were alive today, about the evidence of constant falsification of events -- including, of course the case for invading Iraq, but also the scores of other false stories I lay out for the first time in the book.

Russ Baker: SENATORS: WE'RE ALL BEING LIED TO 2010

In Byrd's early days, senators such as Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson and William Fulbright wielded immense personal power and thought little of defying a president.

Robert Byrd obituary Christopher Reed 2010