Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

Unless we progress, we regress.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.