Louis A. Johnson quotes

Louis A. Johnson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.”
-- Louis A. Johnson

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“America didnâ€™t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.”
“The eyes of that species of extinct giant, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara as our eyes do now.”
“I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.”
“"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.”

Source : Adolf Galland (1954). “The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1954”
“We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.”
“I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.”

Source : "Aaron Copland: the Life and Work of an Uncommon Man". Book by Howard Pollack, 1999.
“Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?”
“All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.”
“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?”
“I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I donâ€™t waste things â€“ food, money, friendships or opportunities.”

Source : Alek Wek (2007). “Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel”, Virago Press (UK)

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