There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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.