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> [“The time would come when every leader in the world would read the writings of the Chinese Communists—for it was barely possible that the war they waged was not so anachronistic as Americans believed. Quite possibly, it was the pattern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/the-time-would-come-when-every-leader-in-the-world-would-read-the/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

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## More by T. R. Fehrenbach

> [“There was and is no danger of military domination of the nation. The Constitution gave Congress the power of life or death over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/there-was-and-is-no-danger-of-military-domination-of-the-nation-the/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“They will not face the fact that the military professionals, while some have ideas about society in general that are distorted and must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/they-will-not-face-the-fact-that-the-military-professionals-while/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Conventional air action, in Korea, could be decisive only when coupled with decisive ground action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/conventional-air-action-in-korea-could-be-decisive-only-when-coupled/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Fortunately, there was government by consent of the governed in America—but just as unfortunately, such governments dearly hate to admit a mistake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/fortunately-there-was-government-by-consent-of-the-governed-in/)

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> [“The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/the-problem-is-to-see-not-what-is-desirable-or-nice-or-politically/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“But control does not imply petty interference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/but-control-does-not-imply-petty-interference/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Americans have never admitted that guns may serve a moral purpose as well as votes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/americans-have-never-admitted-that-guns-may-serve-a-moral-purpose-as/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Yet every democratic government is reluctant to face the fact. Reservists and citizen-soldiers stand ready, in every free nation, to stand to the colors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/yet-every-democratic-government-is-reluctant-to-face-the-fact/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Washington had not even one pipeline into official circles of enemy capitals; they could not even estimate what the potential aggressor was thinking or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/washington-had-not-even-one-pipeline-into-official-circles-of-enemy/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“A diplomat’s words must have no relation to actions—otherwise what kind of diplomacy is it? Words are one thing, actions another. Good words are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/a-diplomat-s-words-must-have-no-relation-to-actions-otherwise-what/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“The real issues are whether the power of Western Civilization, as God has permitted it to flower in our own beloved lands, shall defy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/the-real-issues-are-whether-the-power-of-western-civilization-as-god/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“A free press is equally free to print the truth or ignore it, as it chooses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/a-free-press-is-equally-free-to-print-the-truth-or-ignore-it-as-it/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/collective-security-had-a-fine-sound-but-it-was-still-little-more/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“History has shown very clearly that for democracy to continue, the people, and not the generals or even the executive authority, must have control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/history-has-shown-very-clearly-that-for-democracy-to-continue-the/)

[T. R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach/)

> [“A nation that does not prepare for all the forms of war should then renounce the use of war in national policy. A people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach/a-nation-that-does-not-prepare-for-all-the-forms-of-war-should-then/)

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