Failure Consequence Quotes
It was almost unheard of for generals and retired generals to criticize the administration publicly, but the George W. Bush Administration polarized not only the country as a whole but the military as well.
The other two members of the committee, at the height of the red scare and the cold war, voted to remove the security clearance and hence fire the brilliant scientist who had done the most to develop the atomic bomb, but had concerns about building the “Super” bomb—the hydrogen bomb. A dissenter was thus eliminated.
He had just seen demonstrations of new military technology at the German War Games.
Even in 1871 the world and human knowledge was changing so fast, that he could utter the second sentence. He argued for merit exams for all government positions.