All Robert McNamara Quotes
- The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight a… Ability
- At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to… Action
- 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… All
- 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… Came
- Rationality will not save us. Inspirational
- I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous Characterize
- 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… Activities
- All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo .. were war criminals interviews recorded in the movie The Fog of War.. the firebombing of Tokyo… All
- A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage. Advantage
- 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… Burned
- Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated. Appreciated
- 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,… Another Saturday
- Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you. Answer
- Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme. Conscience
- Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. All
- I don't object to its being called "McNamara's war." I think it is a very important war and I am pleased to be identified with… Called
- Yeah, yeah, that's right. And I'd rather be damned if I don't. Damned
- What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? We are the strongest nation in the world today. I do not believe we should… Allies
- 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 a… Administration
- I think the human race needs to think more about killing. How much evil must we do in order to do good? Evil