At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.

In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil

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

I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted to test that by going to Vietnam.

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

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

Management is the gate through which social and economic and political change, indeed change in every direction, is diffused though society.