Hyman Rickover (1900-1986) US Navy Admiral

Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one's arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page.

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Quoted in T. Rockwell, <i>The Rickover Effect</i> (1992).

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