Famous quotes containing the words temple, viscount, secretary and/or war:
“[T]he temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
“The truth is, the whole administration under Roosevelt was demoralized by the system of dealing directly with subordinates. It was obviated in the State Department and the War Department under [Secretary of State Elihu] Root and me [Taft was the Secretary of War], because we simply ignored the interference and went on as we chose.... The subordinates gained nothing by his assumption of authority, but it was not so in the other departments.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)