The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary objective of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return.

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.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.

The hated system of land tenure, so contributory to general unrest in Asia, has been abolished. Every farmer is now accorded the right and dignity of ownership of the land he long has tilled.

I came through and I shall return.