It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and ant-like files of advancing troops ashore.

I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.

A world that begins to witness the rebirth of trust among nations can find its way to a peace that is neither partial nor punitive. With all who will work in good faith toward such a peace, we are ready, with renewed resolve, to strive to redeem the near-lost hopes of our day.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.