It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.