One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. Whatever your years, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

No army has ever done so much with so little.

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

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.