In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

I have spent my life in the study of military strength as a deterrent to war, and in the character of military armaments necessary to win a war. The study of the first of these questions is still profitable, but we are rapidly getting to the point that no war can be won.

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.