"But the Air Force was sort of a……" — 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 done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess."
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Stuart Symington
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15 Quotes by Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington has 15 quotes on this site.
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FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they…
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Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and…
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My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew…
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Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I…
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If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.
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In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
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I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its…
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I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary…
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The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was…
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Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it…
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It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in…
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Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the…
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
— Lester Bangs
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
— Jack Adams
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
— Drew Barrymore
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
— Drew Barrymore
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
— Hilaire Belloc
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