| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| |
| |
| NUMBER: | 24160 |
| QUOTATION: | In a democracy dissent is an act if faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | J. William Fulbright (190519), U.S. Democratic politician. Speech, April 21, 1966, to the U.S. Senate. |
| |
| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
|
|