My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. – John W. Vessey, Jr.
Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they’re going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one. – John W. Vessey, Jr.
More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor. – John W. Vessey, Jr.