Memorable Quotes from Peter White
2 quotesExploring Options in Crisis Decision-Making
Robert Kennedy
No, no, NO! Now there is more than one option here, and if one isn't occurring to us, it's because we haven't thought hard enough.
John McCone
Bobby, sometimes there is only one right choice, and you thank God when it's so clear!
Kennedy
You're talking a sneak attack. How will that make us look? A big country blasting a little country to the Stone Age. Yeah, we'll be everyone's favorites.
Dean Acheson
Come on Bobby, that's naïve. This is the real world. You know that better than anybody.
John McCone
And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options for removing Castro over at CIA.
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Prioritizing People Over Economic Considerations
Dave
I don't want to tell some eight-year-old kid he's gotta sleep in the street because we want people to feel better about their car. Do you want to tell them that?
Secretary of Commerce
No, sir. No, I sure don't.
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