I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.

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

Never ask age of a woman.

There is no security. Only opportunity.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

Americans never quit.

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.