Quotes by Hyman Rickover

Hyman Rickover

A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.

Children

Education

Independent

A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.

Men

Systematic

Three

Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society.

Class

Mean

Winning

Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.

Life

Responsibility

Science

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.

Country

Memories

Military

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Creativity

Ideas

Mind

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

Details

Organization

States

As a guide to engineering ethics, I should like to commend to you a liberal adaptation of the injunction contained in the oath of Hippocrates that the professional man do nothing that will harm his client.

Clients

Engineering

Men

Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don’t go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others’ mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

Ignorance

Long

Mistake

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

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Authority

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Government

Half

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Hell

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Quotes by Hyman Rickover

Hyman Rickover

A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.

A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.

Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society.

Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

As a guide to engineering ethics, I should like to commend to you a liberal adaptation of the injunction contained in the oath of Hippocrates that the professional man do nothing that will harm his client.

Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don’t go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others’ mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

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