“But the damage done to the Army command structure would be long in healing. If a new war came someday, there would be colonels and generals—who had been lieutenants and captains in Korea—who had their basic lessons still to learn.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“There was and is no danger of military domination of the nation. The Constitution gave Congress the power of life or death over the… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“They will not face the fact that the military professionals, while some have ideas about society in general that are distorted and must be… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Conventional air action, in Korea, could be decisive only when coupled with decisive ground action.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, there was government by consent of the governed in America—but just as unfortunately, such governments dearly hate to admit a mistake.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Americans have never admitted that guns may serve a moral purpose as well as votes.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“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… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Washington had not even one pipeline into official circles of enemy capitals; they could not even estimate what the potential aggressor was thinking or… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“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… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“The real issues are whether the power of Western Civilization, as God has permitted it to flower in our own beloved lands, shall defy… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“A free press is equally free to print the truth or ignore it, as it chooses.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, and the… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“History has shown very clearly that for democracy to continue, the people, and not the generals or even the executive authority, must have control… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“A nation that does not prepare for all the forms of war should then renounce the use of war in national policy. A people… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
