In Order To Do Good, You May

There Is No More Important Task In A Democracy Than Resolving The Differences Among People And Finding A Course Of Action That Will Be Supported By A Sufficient Number To Permit The Nation To Achieve A Better Life For All.

That's One Of The Major Lessons: No President Should Ever Take This Nation To War Without Full Public Debate In The Congress And/or In The Public.

...but Highly Placed Sources Within The Kennedy Administration Disagreed: "[t]he Assumption That The Strategic Nuclear Balance Mattered In Any Way Was Wrong... As Far As I Am Concerned, It Made No Difference... If My Memory Serves Me Correctly, We Had Some Five Thousand Strategic Nuclear Warheads As Against T Heir Three Hundred. Can Anyone Seriously Tell Me That Their Having Three Hundred And Forty Would Have Made Any Difference? The Military Balance Wasn't Changed. I Didn't Believe It Then, And I Don't Believe It Now..."

What Makes It Immoral If You Lose And Not Immoral If You Win?

Measure What Is Important, Don't Make Important What You Can Measure