Finally, The Program Aims, Through These Means,

It Is In A Way A Mystery That, Instead Of Demanding That Their Governments Give Primary Attention To Their Own Needs And Aspirations, Most Of The Citizens Of Big Counties-those, That Is, That Have The Status Of Being "powers" In The World-far From Being Self-centered Or Materialistic As They Are Commonly Credited With Being, The Ordinary Citizen And His Elected Representative All Too Often Turn Out To Be Romantics, Ready And Eager To Sacrifice Programs Of Health, Education And Welfare For The Power And Pride Of The Nation.

Intolerance Of Dissent Is A Well-noted Feature Of The American National Character.

International Educational Exchange Is The Most Significant Current Project Designed To Continue The Process Of Humanizing Mankind To The Point, We Would Hope, That Men Can Learn To Live In Peace-eventually Even To Cooperate In Constructive Activities Rather Than Compete In A Mindless Contest Of Mutual Destruction....we Must Try To Expand The Boundaries Of Human Wisdom, Empathy And Perception, And There Is No Way Of Doing That Except Through Education.

The Essence Of Intercultural Education Is The Acquisition Of Empathy-the Ability To See The World As Others See It, And To Allow For The Possibility That Others May See Something We Have Failed To See, Or May See It More Accurately. The Simple Purpose Of The Exchange Program...is To Erode The Culturally Rooted Mistrust That Sets Nations Against One Another. The Exchange Program Is Not A Panacea But An Avenue Of Hope.

Power Tends To Confuse Itself With Virtue, And A Great Nation Is Peculiarly Susceptible To The Idea That Its Power Is A Sign Of God's Favor.