We have got to fight it [Communism] with something better, not try to conceal the thinking of our own people. They are part of America. And even if they think ideas that are contrary to ours, their right to say them, their right to record them, and their right to have them at places where they are accessible to others is unquestioned, or it isn't America.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.