I came out of Bataan and I shall return!

You are remembered for the rules you break.

The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader.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.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.

I came out of Bataan and I shall return!