"Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his……" — Stuart Symington
"Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble."
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15 Quotes by Stuart Symington
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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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But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy.…
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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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