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Robert McNamara quotes: If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

Robert McNamara quotes: That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

Robert McNamara quotes: One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

Robert McNamara quotes: They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.

They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.

Robert McNamara quotes: Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme.

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme.

Robert McNamara quotes: Let's go in, let's totally destroy Cuba.

Let's go in, let's totally destroy Cuba.

Robert McNamara quotes: I like to run down to the beach and have a little swim in the nude in the morning.

I like to run down to the beach and have a little swim in the nude in the morning.

Robert McNamara quotes: Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

Robert McNamara quotes: Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

Robert McNamara quotes: General, you don't have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm!

General, you don't have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm!

Robert McNamara quotes: To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

Robert McNamara quotes: It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

Robert McNamara quotes: I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?

I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?

Robert McNamara quotes: Belief and seeing are both often wrong,

Belief and seeing are both often wrong,

Robert McNamara quotes: It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

Robert McNamara quotes: Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

Robert McNamara quotes: I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

Robert McNamara quotes: Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

Robert McNamara quotes: Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

Robert McNamara quotes: The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

Robert McNamara quotes: A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

Robert McNamara quotes: The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

Robert McNamara quotes: We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

Robert McNamara quotes: Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

Robert McNamara quotes: There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.