I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past...

I came out of Bataan and I shall return!

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

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.

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.