The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

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.

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

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.

There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.

Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.