I'm Against Fashionable Thinking.

Projecting A Persuasive Image Of A Desirable And Practical Future Is Extremely Important To High Morale, To Dynamism, To Consensus, And In General To Help The Wheels Of Society Turn Smoothly.

Only Those Who Are Ideologically Opposed To Military Programs Think Of The Defense Budget As The First And Best Place To Get Resources For Social Welfare Needs.

Risk-taking Is The Essence Of Innovation.

There Was No Race - But To The Extent That There Was An Arms Competition, It Was Almost Entirely On The Soviet Side, First To Catch Up And Then To Surpass The Americans.

A Healthy And Fully Functioning Society Must Allocate Its Resources Among A Variety Of Competing Interests, All Of Which Are More Or Less Valid But None Of Which Should Take Precedence Over National Security.