Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

The sergeant is the Army.

The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.

To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts, this Center, this place of worship, is just as welcome as could be a similar edifice of any other religion. Indeed, America would fight with her whole strength for your right to have here your own church and worship according to your own conscience. This concept is indeed a part of America, and without that concept we would be something else than what we are.