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> [They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/they-ll-be-no-learning-period-with-nuclear-weapons-make-one-mistake/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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> [I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/i-think-the-human-race-needs-to-think-about-killing-how-much-evil/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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> [The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/the-indefinite-combination-of-human-fallibility-and-nuclear-weapons/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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## More by Robert McNamara

> [There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/there-is-no-more-important-task-in-a-democracy-than-resolving-the/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [ \[General Curtis\] LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side has lost. But what makes it immoral if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/general-curtis-lemay-recognized-that-what-he-was-doing-would-be/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/they-ll-be-no-learning-period-with-nuclear-weapons-make-one-mistake/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/it-was-a-perfectly-beautiful-night-as-fall-nights-are-in-washington-i/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/it-would-be-our-policy-to-use-nuclear-weapons-wherever-we-felt-it/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [One must take draconian measures of demographic reduction against the will of the populations. Reducing the birth rate has proved to be impossible or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/one-must-take-draconian-measures-of-demographic-reduction-against-the/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/measure-what-is-important-don-t-make-important-what-you-can-measure/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [Yeah, yeah, that's right. And I'd rather be damned if I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/yeah-yeah-that-s-right-and-i-d-rather-be-damned-if-i-don-t/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo .. were war criminals interviews recorded in the movie The Fog of War.. the firebombing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/all-those-involved-in-the-firebombing-of-tokyo-were-war-criminals/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [Lesson 2: The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/lesson-2-the-indefinite-combination-of-human-fallibility-and-nuclear/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [ ...but highly placed sources within the Kennedy Administration disagreed: "\[T\]he assumption that the strategic nuclear balance mattered in any way was wrong... As far… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/but-highly-placed-sources-within-the-kennedy-administration-disagreed/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/we-burned-to-death-100-000-japanese-civilians-in-tokyo-men-women-and/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/i-would-characterize-current-us-nuclear-weapons-policy-as-immoral/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [Let's go in, let's totally destroy Cuba.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/let-s-go-in-let-s-totally-destroy-cuba/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

> [In my seven years as Secretary, we came within a hair's breadth of war with the Soviet Union on three different occasions! Twenty-four hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/in-my-seven-years-as-secretary-we-came-within-a-hair-s-breadth-of-war/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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