Louis A. Johnson Quotes

Louis A. Johnson — American Public Servant born on January 10, 1891, died on April 24, 1966

Louis Arthur Johnson was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1937 to 1940. He was the second United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from March 28, 1949 to September 19, 1950... (wikipedia)

In the light of the actual fighting that is now in progress, we have reached the point where the military considerations clearly outweigh the fiscal considerations.

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.

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.

The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department.

Louis A. Johnson Quotes

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