Two Quotes by McGeorge Bundy

It was obvious uh, that uh, the situation in Vietnam was far from stable in 1964 and that there, if in fact the United…

— McGeorge Bundy

Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils.

— McGeorge Bundy

Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.

— McGeorge Bundy

Vietnam, really more accurately, Laos, was almost after Berlin the top problem at the beginning of the Kennedy Administration in '61, foreign problem.

— McGeorge Bundy

Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act.

— McGeorge Bundy

There is nearly always uh, a process of wanting contingency plans made in the military.

— McGeorge Bundy

The most persistent of all attractive illusions in our country may be that racism can be ended by one single blow.

— McGeorge Bundy