Robert McNamara Quotes
It's your constitutional right, but if I were you, I wouldn't do it. I can do better for you.
During the Vietnam War the Joint Chiefs of Staff wished direct access to President Johnson. The Secretary of Defense advised the chiefs:
Robert McNamara,1916-2009, U. S. Secretary of Defense (Democrat), Advice to Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1967
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Hubert H. Humphrey, the Vice President-elect, departed from his presidentially cleared text in giving a speech on education. The President was not happy with this independence:
A large part of German propaganda was directed not only to Germans and the Axis, but one target was Englishmen and Americans. One objective was to try and cause strains in the amazingly strong British-American Alliance. In this cartoon Roosevelt—the large adult figure—is leading the small child, Churchill, by the hand. Many British were sensitive about this possibility.
Robert Strange McNamara was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He played a major role in escalating the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.
