That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the first opportunity that characterizes the American soldier.

No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

. . .a sense of humor can be a great help-particularly a sense of humor about (oneself). William Howard Taft joked about his own corpulence and people loved it; took nothing from his inherent dignity. Lincoln eased tense moments with bawdy stories, and often poked fun at himself-and history honors him for this human quality. A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate 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.