Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.
Bundy was discussing various Vietnam scenarios with a former White House aide who challenged several assumptions and asked Bundy what would happen if the North Vietnamese would escalate their ground war in the South in retaliation for U. S. bombing. Bundy sated that he didn't believe that would happen, but Hughes asked him to assume it would and discuss the consequence.
This is one of his most quoted lines. However, a Syrian Poet Abdallah al-Maarri, 973–1057 preceeded him with this idea by almost 1000 years. See {624477}.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature"; and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.
