Believe Quote by Stuart Symington

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

— Stuart Symington

In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.

— Stuart Symington

Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.

— Stuart Symington

Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and inexperienced; but we survived…

— Stuart Symington

My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and…

— Stuart Symington

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let…

— Stuart Symington

In those days secrets were well kept.

— Stuart Symington

But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be…

— Stuart Symington

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the…

— Stuart Symington

It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in formation bombing and not…

— Stuart Symington

Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it again. I had told…

— Stuart Symington

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without…

— Stuart Symington