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

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual war and to insure survival in event of attack. This alertness to danger has to be translated into specific policies and activities in the several parts of the world where our rights - our way of life - can be seriously damaged. Work of this kind occupies my days and nights.

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

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.