To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

for distribution to organizations seeking to influence public opinion in favor of Israel. Fulbright was a lecturer in law at the University of Arkansas from 1936 until 1939. S.

President Bill Clinton cited him as a mentor. Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Fulbright opposed McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee and later became known for his opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War.