Francis Bacon Quotes
There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.
Bacon, Francis. "Of Delays." The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, 1625.
This exchange took place right after Kennedy had been assassinated. Johnson was not sure that the Kennedy staff would be loyal and responsive to him.
The United States at the time was overly weak in military preparedness. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had authorized the rapid building and deployment of 10,000 airplanes. Arnold cut through all the bureaucracy and red tape.
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, Kt PC QC, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.