"Duty, Honor, Country" - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.

Security lies in our ability to produce.

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.

Life is a lively process of becoming.