"In real danger sometimes even a democracy can……" — Stuart Symington

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

— Stuart Symington

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15 Quotes by Stuart Symington

Stuart Symington has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they…
Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and…
My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew…
Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I…
If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its…
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary…
The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was…
But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy.…
Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it…
It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in…
Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.

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More Danger Quotes

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. — James A. Baldwin
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably… — Drew Barrymore
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I… — Clara Barton
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
The most dangerous people are the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the… — Kate Adie

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