History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.

The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.

It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.

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

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.

Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.