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George F. Kennan

"Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy."

Source : Foreword to 'The Pathology of Power' by Norman Cousins in 1987. "At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1982-1995". Book by George F. Kennan, p. 118, 1996.

George F. Kennan

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“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.”
“Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.”
“The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying power. Everybody fails. Everybody takes his knocks, but the highly successful keep coming back.”
“I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.”
“Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother.”
“When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.”
“Reality, unlike perception, cannot be changed by propaganda.”

"Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy."

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