--- title: "3 Stansfield Turner Quotes - Famous Military officer (Secrecy and democracy)" description: "United States Navy admiral, Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College (1923–2018). Browse 3 Stansfield Turner quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stansfield-turner-86697.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Stansfield Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stansfield-turner-86697.jpg) # Stansfield Turner (1923–2018) Military Officer United States **3** quotes in **54** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stansfield Turner was a military officer from the United States, best known for *Secrecy and democracy*. ## Quick Facts About Stansfield Turner Born December 1, 1923 Died January 18, 2018 Nationality United States Profession Military Officer Notable works Secrecy and democracy ## About Stansfield Turner Stansfield Turner was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), and Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe (1975–1977), and was Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981) in the Carter administration. A graduate of Exeter College, Oxford and the United States Naval Academy, Turner served for more than 30 years in the Navy, commanding warships, a carrier group, and NATO's military forces in southern Europe, among other commands. ## Awards & Honors Bronze Star Medal Rhodes Scholarship Legionnaire of Legion of Merit ## Quotes by Stansfield Turner > [We have a much bigger objective. We've got to look at the long run here. This is an example - the situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stansfield-turner/we-have-a-much-bigger-objective-we-ve-got-to-look-at-the-long-run/) [Stansfield Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stansfield-turner/) [Bigger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/stansfield-turner-79992_bigger_we-have-a-much-bigger-objective-we-ve-go_718396.jpg) > [At 2:26 AM on 3 June 1980, Colonel William Odom of the Strategic Air Command alerted National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stansfield-turner/at-2-26-am-on-3-june-1980-colonel-william-odom-of-the-strategic-air/) [Stansfield Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stansfield-turner/) [Advisors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advisors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/stansfield-turner-79992_advisors_at-2-26-am-on-3-june-1980-colonel-willia_2150402.jpg) > [As long as the two nuclear superpowers maintain arsenals in the tens of thousands of nuclear warheads, there is no way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stansfield-turner/as-long-as-the-two-nuclear-superpowers-maintain-arsenals-in-the-tens/) [Stansfield Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stansfield-turner/) [Acquire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/stansfield-turner-79992_acquire_as-long-as-the-two-nuclear-superpowers-m_2452487.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stansfield-turner/#itemlist", "name": "Stansfield Turner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have a much bigger objective. 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