A Quote by Helmut Schmidt
Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them.
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When Secretary [Hillary] Clinton talks about this, I mean, I'll take the admirals and I'll take the generals any day over the political hacks that I see that have led our country so brilliantly over the last 10 years with their knowledge. OK? Because look at the mess that we're in.
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