The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

And the other was this: the doctor did want to take off my leg because he thought it was necessary. But you must remember boys in those days were raised for two things: work, and then they made their play; and if you couldn't play baseball and box and play football, why, your life was ended. That was in our boyish minds.

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

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from outside, without undermining the economic health that supports our security.

War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.