Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I am proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we might have many more like them.

The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.

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

In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.

Never ask age of a woman.

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.