"Management is the Most Creative of Arts"

I doubt there are many persons in my generation that can identify the origin of the following quote:

"Management is, in the end, the most creative of all arts - for its medium is human talent itself. What, in the end, is managements most fundamental task? It is to deal with change. Management is the gate through which social, political, economical, technological change - indeed change in every dimension - is rationally and effectively spread through society.
Some critics, today, keep worrying that our democratic, free societies are being overmanaged. The real truth is precisely the opposite. As paradoxical as it may sound, the real threat to democracy comes from undermanagement, not from overmanagement....." (my bold face emphasis)

This is an excerpt from a speech made by Robert S McNamara in 1967 when he set out his vision of the role of management and its importance in our world.
I am sure I share shudders with lots of persons of my generation when we hear the name of McNamara whom the most of us connects with his role as the US Secretary of defense during the Vietnam war, but in reality he is regarded as one of the most brilliant management spokespersons and tutors of the modern management philosophy that I am sure Barack Obama and other 'modern' leaders today subscribes to - not to mention all those that really should read McNamara on management to execute their management roles more efficient and to the best of the team they are managing - simply put, there is lot to learn from this brilliant and wise man.
Another cold war 'ghost', Barry Goldwater, said: "McNamara is one of the best secretaries ever, an IBM machine with legs" - that sounds to me as .......