I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war not blots out this alternative.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

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.

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.