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Quote from Charles E. Wilson,


"The revulsion against war ... will be an almost insuperable obstacle for us to overcome. For that reason, I am convinced that we must begin now to set the machinery in motion for a permanent wartime economy."


By:

Charles E. Wilson (more quotes by Charles E. Wilson or books by/about Charles E. Wilson)


(1886-1972) President of General Electric (1940-42, 1945-50), head of the Office of Defense Mobilization in 1951, US Secretary of Defense (1953-57)

Source:

internal memo, 1944

Categories:

Capitalism, Economics, Greed, Military, Power, War

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