Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military services and who will have little understanding of where slashes in their estimates can be made with little or no damage. If that should happen while we still have the state of tension that now exists in the world, I shudder to think of what could happen in this country

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

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

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

Your country, my country - each is a better and stronger and more influential nation because each can rely upon every resource of the other in days of crisis. Beyond this, each can work and grow and prosper with the other through years of quiet peace.

The people of Israel, like those of the United States, are imbued with a religious faith and a sense of moral values

For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple - this single - this exclusive goal.