I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole. While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.

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

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.

Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

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.