I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity . . . as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
Source: Speech in the Senate, 22 Oct 1965.
-- J William Fulbright, (Apr 9 1905-1995), US politician, lawyer, teacher; He was a Democratic senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; founded the Fulbright scholarship program.