In another venue we were having a discussion of President Eisenhower's Farewell Address and his mention of the MIC, the Military Industrial Complex. One person suggested that Academia should be in that term, which resulted in a short discussion of what constitutes acceptable academic credentials. Thus, when I stumbled across this quote it resonated with me.
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Regards — Cliff
America has a credential fetish. But it cuts both ways. My pal told me, "In any building of enterprise, there are two, most, powerful people. One sits aloft in the Penthouse suite. The other works in the basement."
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