The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

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.

While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.

Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.