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Robert McNamara:
I'm not so naive or simplistic to believe we can eliminate war. We're not going to change human nature any time soon. It isn't that we aren't rational. We are rational. But reason has limits. There's a quote from T.S. Eliot that I just love: "We shall not cease from exploring, and at the end of our exploration, we will return to where we started, and know the place for the first time." Now that's in a sense where I'm beginning to be
I'm not so naive or simplistic to believe we can eliminate war. We're not going to change human nature any time soon. It isn't that we aren't rational. We are rational. But reason has limits. There's a quote from T.S. Eliot that I just love: "We shall not cease from exploring, and at the end of our exploration, we will return to where we started, and know the place for the first time." Now that's in a sense where I'm beginning to be
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I'm not so naive or simplistic
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to believe we can eliminate war
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We're not gonna change human nature any time soon
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It isn't that we aren't rational We are rational
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But reason has limits
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There's a quote from T S Eliot that I just love
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We shall not cease from exploring
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and at the end of our exploration
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we will return to where we started
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and know the place for the first time
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Now that's in a sense where I'm beginning to be
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Movie Summary
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.