Harry Truman — "I fired him because he wouldn't obey orders. I didn't fire him because he was a …"

I fired him because he wouldn't obey orders. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son-of-a-bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.
Harry Truman — Harry Truman Modern · US President, atomic bomb decision

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Referring to his firing of General Douglas MacArthur.

Date: 1951

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