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

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

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

The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary objective of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return.

However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.

In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must be clear and unequivocal if we are to avoid the pitfalls toward which we are now heading with such certainty. In many respects it is not to be found in any dogma of political philosophy but in those immutable precepts which underlie the Ten Commandments.

I came out of Bataan and I shall return!