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But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#drummer #figuring #frequently #greatest #his

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#around #because #believe #capable #doing

So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#changes #far #his #mainly #nature

All of the information that we were getting up to that time from the NRC people, from our people who knew something about nuclear power, was that the breach of the core was not a likelihood to happen. ↗

— William Scranton

#breach #core #getting #happen #information

And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely on Metropolitan Edison for the kind of information we needed to make decisions. ↗

— William Scranton

#could #decisions #edison #fact #i

But the issue became, how long do you keep the press waiting so that you can gather more information? ↗

— William Scranton

#gather #how #information #issue #keep

I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, 'cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I was making a press conference with regard to energy policy. ↗

— William Scranton

#cause #chairman #conference #council #energy

None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing. ↗

— William Scranton

#had #knew #like #looked #none

You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn't have that. ↗

— William Scranton

#graphic #judgment #make #need #situation

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans. ↗

— Vin Scully

#back #get #god #him #i