One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.
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We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?Robert McNamara
We bought products off a man who was licensed to sell them. They're telling me that there were certain products he wasn't able to sell. I only bought products that were advertised for sale to everybody.
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Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme.
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Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.
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Brains are like hearts -- they go where they are appreciated.
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