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The Rickover Corpus: A digital archive of Admiral Rickover's speeches and memos
Hyman G. Rickover’s speeches and memos Admiral Hyman Rickover, also known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy", built the first nuclear-powered submarine and civilian nuclear reactor.
“Any comparison of the Soviet and U.S. Navy must be viewed from the context that we are a maritime power dependent upon being able to maintain sea lanes of communication necessary to conduct military operations overseas and to support our allies. Virginius Dabney, winner and editor of the Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch commented editorially in 1954 on this tacit censorship by the educationist top command: “It is highly disturbing,” he said, “that teachers in good standing feel they cannot constructively criticize things that are happening in the schools…without risking their jobs. This arrangement combines centralized decision-making and responsibility – which enables us to move just as fast as would be possible a totalitarian state – but with private industrial ingenuity and democratic processes; our work is under constant scrutiny by Congress which controls the expenditure of funds, and has final authority over the entire program.”
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