Predecessors Quotes

One of my predecessors is said to have observed that in making his decisions he had to operate like a football quarterback - he could not very well call the next play until he saw how the last play turned out. Well, that may be a good way to run a football team, but in these days it is no way to run a government.

Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peacetime.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.