"King had the brains, all right, but I hated his guts."
— James Forrestal

January 1, 1970

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Forrestal told an American senator this after the war. When King heard about it, he replied, "I hated his guts, too." As quoted in American Warlords: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America To Victory In World War II by Johnathan W. Jordan, p. 472