Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions - those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.

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

I realize that advice is worth what it costs--that is, nothing.

History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.

In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor.

The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.