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Robert McNamara Quotes

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed Picture Quote #1

Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated Picture Quote #1

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don’t put enough time, don’t give enough emphasis, to contemplation Picture Quote #1

You can’t substitute emotion for reason Picture Quote #1

One must take draconian measures of demographic reduction against the will of the populations. Reducing the birth rate has proved to be impossible or insufficient. One must therefore increase the mortality rate. How? By natural means. Famine and sickness Picture Quote #1

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous Picture Quote #1

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If we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he’s right. He, and I’d say I, were behaving as war criminals Picture Quote #1

I would rather have a wrong decision made than no decision at all Picture Quote #1

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme Picture Quote #1

We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win? Picture Quote #1

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president’s Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night Picture Quote #1

I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted to test that by going to Vietnam Picture Quote #1

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Belief and seeing are both often wrong Picture Quote #1

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him Picture Quote #1

Rationality will not save us Picture Quote #1

What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win? Picture Quote #1

There are many ways to make the death rate increase Picture Quote #1

In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil Picture Quote #1

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We see what we want to believe Picture Quote #1

Measure what is important, don’t make important what you can measure Picture Quote #1

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action Picture Quote #1

Engagement is the conscious inhabitation of your body and mind. Practice is happening when your open awareness is moving with, in and through your embodied activity. Intrinsic to practice is your conscious participation with your life. Engagement is the conduction of your free and open awareness through your activities, whatever they may be Picture Quote #1

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don’t put enough time, don’t give enough emphasis, to contemplation Picture Quote #1

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you Picture Quote #1

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If we can’t persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we better examine our reasoning Picture Quote #1

General, you don’t have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm! Picture Quote #1

They’ll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you’re going to destroy nations Picture Quote #1

I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good? Picture Quote #1

I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war. We came that close to nuclear war at the end. Rational individuals: Kennedy was rational; Khrushchev was rational; Castro was rational. Rational individuals came that close to total destruction of their societies. And that danger exists today Picture Quote #1

Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of nations with power to influence events in the world, can we be at peace with ourselves if we strive for less? I think not Picture Quote #1

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The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed (Robert McNamara Quotes) Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated (Robert McNamara Quotes) Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don’t put enough time, don’t give enough emphasis, to contemplation. (Robert McNamara Quotes) You can’t substitute emotion for reason (Robert McNamara Quotes) One must take draconian measures of demographic reduction against the will of the populations. Reducing the birth rate has proved to be impossible or insufficient. One must therefore increase the mortality rate. How? By natural means. Famine and sickness (Robert McNamara Quotes) I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous (Robert McNamara Quotes) If we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he’s right. He, and I’d say I, were behaving as war criminals (Robert McNamara Quotes) I would rather have a wrong decision made than no decision at all (Robert McNamara Quotes) Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme (Robert McNamara Quotes) We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win? (Robert McNamara Quotes) It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president’s Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night (Robert McNamara Quotes) I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted to test that by going to Vietnam (Robert McNamara Quotes) Belief and seeing are both often wrong (Robert McNamara Quotes) Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him (Robert McNamara Quotes) Rationality will not save us (Robert McNamara Quotes) What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win? (Robert McNamara Quotes) There are many ways to make the death rate increase (Robert McNamara Quotes) In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil (Robert McNamara Quotes) We see what we want to believe (Robert McNamara Quotes) Measure what is important, don’t make important what you can measure (Robert McNamara Quotes) One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action (Robert McNamara Quotes) Engagement is the conscious inhabitation of your body and mind. Practice is happening when your open awareness is moving with, in and through your embodied activity. Intrinsic to practice is your conscious participation with your life. Engagement is the conduction of your free and open awareness through your activities, whatever they may be (Robert McNamara Quotes) Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don’t put enough time, don’t give enough emphasis, to contemplation (Robert McNamara Quotes) Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you (Robert McNamara Quotes) If we can’t persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we better examine our reasoning (Robert McNamara Quotes) General, you don’t have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm! (Robert McNamara Quotes) They’ll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you’re going to destroy nations (Robert McNamara Quotes) I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good? (Robert McNamara Quotes) I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war. We came that close to nuclear war at the end. Rational individuals: Kennedy was rational; Khrushchev was rational; Castro was rational. Rational individuals came that close to total destruction of their societies. And that danger exists today (Robert McNamara Quotes) Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of nations with power to influence events in the world, can we be at peace with ourselves if we strive for less? I think not (Robert McNamara Quotes)

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