Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by James R. Schlesinger

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James Rodney Schlesinger was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to becoming Secretary of Defense, he served as Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1971 to 1973, and as CIA Director for a few months in 1973. He became America's first Secretary of Energy under Jimmy Carter in 1977, serving until 1979.

American - Politician | February 15, 1929 - March 27, 2014

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Under budgetary pressure (arbitrary or not) it is truly remarkable how many options one discovers one can do without.

James R. Schlesinger

The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.

James R. Schlesinger

Oil production should peak out around the world in the early 1990s...That means in five years' time we may have chewed up most of the possibility of further expansion of oil production.

James R. Schlesinger

We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius.

James R. Schlesinger

We have only two modes - complacency and panic.

James R. Schlesinger

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by James R. Schlesinger

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