Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.

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.

While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old.

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'.