Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this.

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we seek it because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.

The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.

My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.