No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war.

I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.

It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and to concentrate on the job of ending the Korean war-until that job is honorably done. That job requires a personal trip to Korea. I shall make that trip. Only in that way could I learn how best to serve the American people in the cause of peace. I shall go to Korea.

We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.