General, you don't have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm!

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

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

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.

I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.