Don't tell them anything. When it's over, tell them who won.


King's reply when asked for a public relations strategy for the U.S. Navy in World War II. As quoted in Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations (1966) by Robert Heinl, p. 258


Don't tell them anything. When it's over, tell them who won.

Don't tell them anything. When it's over, tell them who won.

Don't tell them anything. When it's over, tell them who won.

Don't tell them anything. When it's over, tell them who won.