The Price Of Empire Is America's Soul,

There Is Nothing Obscure About The Objectives Of Educational Exchange. Its Purpose Is To Acquaint Americans With The World As It Is And To Acquaint Students And Scholars From Many Lands With America As It Is-not As We Wish It Were Or As We Might Wish Foreigners To See It, But Exactly As It Is-which By My Reckoning Is An "image" Of Which No American Need Be Ashamed.

The American Public Has Become So Conditioned By Crises, By Warnings, By Words, That There Are Few, Other Than The Young, Who Protest Against What Is Happening.

There Are Two Americas. One Is The America Of Lincoln And Adlai Stevenson; The Other Is The America Of Teddy Roosevelt And The Modern Superpatriots. One Is Generous And Humane, The Other Narrowly Egotistical; One Is Self-critical, The Other Self-righteous; One Is Sensible, The Other Romantic; One Is Good-humored, The Other Solemn; One Is Inquiring, The Other Pontificating; One Is Moderate, The Other Filled With Passionate Intensity; One Is Judicious And The Other Arrogant In The Use Of Great Power.

With Respect To The Creation Of The Program, I Introduced The Bill In September 1945, Immediately After The End Of The War With Japan, In August Of That Year. A Number Of Considerations, Of Course, Entered Into My Decision To Introduce The Bill, Growing From My Own Experience As A Rhodes Scholar And The Experiences Our Government Had Had With The First Word War Debts, [herbert] Hoover's Efforts In Establishing The Belgian-american Education Foundation After World War I, [and] The Boxer Rebellion Indemnity.

The Rapprochement Of Peoples Is Only Possible When Differences Of Culture And Outlook Are Respected And Appreciated Rather Than Feared And Condemned, When The Common Bond Of Human Dignity Is Recognized As The Essential Bond For A Peaceful World.