The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.

I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.