The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line of defense is a natural one and can be maintained with a minimum of military effort and expense.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.