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.

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...

In war there is no substitute for victory.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

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

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.