“The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute...” — J. William Fulbright Quote

“The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.”

“What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.”

“Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.”

“There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.”

“The only kind of influence I want to be on anyone is by being, constantly and consistently, someone who probes herself at every juncture, improves the way in which she functions as a citizen, and questions the status quo.”

“My grandfather was born in Mexico. And when he was a young man, he crossed the Rio Grande. After that, he served in our military and became a U.S. citizen. He ended up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and that's where my father was born. That was the beginning of my Mexican-American family, where they settled in Las Vegas in the early 1940s.”