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

I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference." (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

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

You will enter the continent of Europe and, in conjunction with the other United Nations, undertake operations aimed at the heart of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces.

The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.

Pessimism never won any battle.