Stuart Symington Quotes

• Pero el Ejército del Aire era una especie de hijo bastardo del Ejército, como los Marines con la Marina. Todo lo tenía que hacer el Ejército después de que ya lo hubiera hecho el Cuerpo Aéreo, un desastre.

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  Children, Marine, Army

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• I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

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  Militar, Guerra, Creer

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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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  Civilians, Ifs

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

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  Depression, New York, Years

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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 a lot about and was fond of the Army.

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  Father, Military, Army

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• 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 some shoe leather.

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  Running, War, Shoes

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

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  Real, Secret, Democracy

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• FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men.

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  Hombres, Blanco, Casa

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• I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out.

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  Responsibility, Cutting, Years

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• Los británicos querían cañones de calibre 30, no creían en el bombardeo diurno. Los expertos americanos dijeron que el calibre 30 no era suficiente; teníamos que tener calibre 50, también dijeron que el bombardeo diurno era correcto siempre que los aviones atacaran en formación, con cañones de calibre 50.

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  Believe, Gun, Experts

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