My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

While I was not consulted prior to the President's decision to intervene in support of the Republic of Korea, that decision from a military standpoint, proved a sound one, as we hurled back the invader and decimated his forces. Our victory was complete, and our objectives within reach, when Red China intervened with numerically superior ground forces.

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.

To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

Never ask age of a woman.

By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven.