Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.

These are not bad people. All they are concerned about is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit in school alongside some big overgrown Negroes.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its easy to gamble a million lives. Whats hard is to see how that can hurt one single person. And if you cant keep that straight, hell, you'll lose your humanity.