Wishful thinking is equally as effective for arms control as it is for birth control.
Caspar Weinberger Quotes
Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.
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| Birth: | 18th August, 1917 |
| Death: | 28th March, 2006 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Businessman, Lawyer, Politician |
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Caspar Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California. He was an American politician, businessman and lawyer. His entry into politics was as a California State Assemblyman from 1953 to 1959, and he would go on to serve as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. An accomplished private sector businessman, he later became vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and still later Chairman of Forbes. Most notably he was appointed Secretary of Defense under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. He received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, magna cum laude, in 1938 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1941, both from Harvard.
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