Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war not blots out this alternative.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.

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

From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea - written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo - "There is no substitute for victory!"

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

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.