05/24/1965
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"Mr. Secretary, on behalf of your fellow Americans, all of them, your country salutes you."
"I predict that 20 years from now another President will stand here someday and say: 'A revolution of achievement in the developing nations began with the appointment of Robert S. McNamara to the World..."
"I am giving the world the very best that we have to win the most important war of all."
"A perfect year for this program would consist of no expenditures--no disasters."