Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

Recognition of the Supreme Being was the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism.

Beware the military-industrial complex.

It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and to concentrate on the job of ending the Korean war-until that job is honorably done. That job requires a personal trip to Korea. I shall make that trip. Only in that way could I learn how best to serve the American people in the cause of peace. I shall go to Korea.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.